Part 4Pension schemes etc

Chapter 4Registered pension schemes: tax reliefs and exemptions

Scheme investments

186Income

(1)

No liability to income tax arises in respect of—

(a)

income derived from investments or deposits held for the purposes of a registered pension scheme, or

(b)

underwriting commissions applied for the purposes of a registered pension scheme F1which are not relevant foreign income and which would otherwise be chargeable to income tax under Chapter 8 of Part 5 of ITTOIA 2005 (income not otherwise charged).

(2)

The exemption provided by subsection (1) does not apply to income derived from investments or deposits held as a member of a property investment LLP; and for this purpose “income” includes relevant stock lending fees, in relation to any investments, to which subsection (1) would apply by virtue of section 129B of ICTA (inclusion of relevant stock lending fees in income).

F2(2A)

The exemption provided by subsection (1) does not prevent the income from being charged to tax by virtue of section 185A.

(3)

In this Part “investments”, in relation to a registered pension scheme, includes futures contracts and options contracts; and income derived from transactions relating to futures contracts or options contracts is to be treated as derived from the contracts.

(4)

For that purpose a contract is not prevented from being a futures contract or an options contract by the fact that a party is or may be entitled to receive or liable to make, or entitled to receive and liable to make, only a payment of a sum (as opposed to a transfer of assets) in full settlement of all obligations.

187Chargeable gains

(1)

Section 271 of TCGA 1992 (exemptions) is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (b) of subsection (1), for the words after “part of” substitute “ the Fund mentioned in section 613(4) of the Taxes Act (House of Commons Members' Fund); ”.

(3)

In subsection (1), omit—

(a)

paragraph (d) (retirement annuity contracts),

(b)

paragraph (g) (exempt approved schemes),

(c)

paragraph (h) (approved personal pension schemes), and

(d)

paragraph (j) (authorised unit trusts which are also approved personal pension schemes or exempt approved schemes),

and the second sentence.

(4)

After that subsection insert—

“(1A)

A gain accruing to a person on a disposal of investments held for the purposes of a registered pension scheme is not a chargeable gain.”

(5)

Omit subsection (2) (superannuation funds approved before 6th April 1980).

(6)

In subsection (10)—

(a)

for “subsections (1)(g) and (h) and (2)” substitute “ subsection (1A) ”, and

(b)

omit the words after “options contracts”.

(7)

In subsection (12), for “Subsection (1)(b), (c), (d), (g) and (h) and subsection (2)” substitute “ Subsections (1)(b) and (c) and (1A) ”.