Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003

Meaning of “associate”

22 (1) In paragraph 19(2) (the “no material interest” requirement) “associate”, in relation to an individual, means—

(a) any relative or partner of the individual,

(b) the trustee or trustees of any settlement in relation to which the individual, or any of the individual’s relatives (living or dead), is or was a settlor, and

(c) where the individual is interested in any shares or obligations of the company mentioned in paragraph 19(2) which are subject to any trust, or are part of the estate of a deceased person—

(i) the trustee or trustees of the settlement concerned, or

(ii) the personal representatives of the deceased,

as the case may be.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1)(c) needs to be read with paragraphs 23 and 24 (which relate to employee benefit trusts and discretionary trusts).

(3) In this paragraph—

• “relative” means—

  (a)

  spouse,

  (b)

  parent, child or remoter relation in the direct line, or

  (c)

  brother or sister;

• “settlor” and “settlement” have the same meaning as in Chapter 1A of Part 15 of ICTA (see section 660G(1) and (2)).