Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003

[F1 81A (1) For a SIP to be a Schedule 2 SIP, notice of the SIP must be given to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (“HMRC”). U.K.

(2) The notice must—

(a) be given by the company,

(b) contain, or be accompanied by, such information as HMRC may require, and

(c) contain a declaration within sub-paragraph (3) made by such persons as HMRC may require.

(3) A declaration within this sub-paragraph is a declaration—

(a) that the requirements of Parts 2 to 9 of this Schedule are met in relation to the SIP, and

(b) if the declaration is made after the first date on which awards of shares are made under the SIP (“the first award date”), that those requirements—

(i) were met in relation to those awards of shares, and

(ii) have otherwise been met in relation to the SIP at all times on or after the first award date when shares appropriated to, or acquired on behalf of, individuals under the SIP have been held under the SIP.

(4) If notice is given under this paragraph in relation to a SIP, for the purposes of the SIP code the SIP is to be a Schedule 2 SIP at all times on and after the relevant date (but not before that date).

(5) But if the notice is given after the initial notification deadline, the SIP is to be a Schedule 2 SIP only from the beginning of the relevant tax year.

(6) For the purposes of this Part—

• “the initial notification deadline” is 6 July in the tax year following that in which the first award date falls,

• “the relevant date” is—

  (a)

  the date on which the declaration within sub-paragraph (3) is made, or

  (b)

  if that declaration is made after the first award date, the first award date, and

• “the relevant tax year” is—

  (a)

  the tax year in which the notice under this paragraph is given, or

  (b)

  if that notice is given on or before 6 July in that tax year, the preceding tax year.

(7) Sub-paragraph (4) is subject to the following paragraphs of this Part.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 2 Pt. 10 substituted (6.4.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 8 paras. 28, 89 (with Sch. 8 paras. 90-96)