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[F181A(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.
[F2(5A)Sub-paragraph (5) does not apply if the company satisfies HMRC (or, on an appeal under paragraph 81K, the tribunal) that there is a reasonable excuse for failing to give notice on or before the initial notification deadline.
(5B)Paragraph 81C(9) (what constitutes a reasonable excuse) applies for the purposes of sub-paragraph (5A).
(5C)Where HMRC are required under sub-paragraph (5A) to consider whether there was a reasonable excuse, HMRC must notify the company of their decision within the period of 45 days beginning with the day on which HMRC received the company's request to consider the excuse.
(5D)Where HMRC are required to notify the company as specified in sub-paragraph (5C) but do not do so—
(a)HMRC are to be treated as having decided that there was no reasonable excuse, and
(b)HMRC must notify the company of the decision which they are treated as having made.]
(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—
the date on which the declaration within sub-paragraph (3) is made, or
if that declaration is made after the first award date, the first award date, and
“the relevant tax year” is—
the tax year in which the notice under this paragraph is given, or
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
F1Sch. 2 Pt. 10 substituted (6.4.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 8 paras. 28, 89 (with Sch. 8 paras. 90-96)
F2Sch. 2 para. 81A(5A)-(5D) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 3 para. 3(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 3 para. 3(2)
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