Part 4 U.K. Savings and investment income

Chapter 9 U.K. Gains from contracts for life insurance etc.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 4 Ch. 9 applied (with modifications) by The Individual Savings Account Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1870), reg. 36 (as added by S.I. 1998/3174, reg. 12 and as amended (6.4.2008) by S.I. 2008/704, regs. 1, 17(4))

C2 Pt. 4 Ch. 9 applied (with modifications) by The Child Trust Funds Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1450), reg. 38 (as amended (6.4.2010) by S.I. 2010/582, regs. 1, 18)

Policies and contracts to which Chapter 9 applies U.K.

478 Exclusion of mortgage repayment policies U.K.

(1) This Chapter does not apply to a mortgage repayment policy.

(2) In this section “mortgage repayment policy” means a policy of life insurance with the sole object of providing, on an individual's death or disability, a sum substantially the same as any amount then outstanding under a repayment mortgage—

(a) of the individual's residence, or

(b) of any premises occupied by the individual for the purposes of a business.

(3) In this section “repayment mortgage” means a mortgage securing a principal amount which is repayable by instalments payable annually or at shorter regular intervals.