(1)Conditions A to C are the conditions referred to in section 480(3)(b) (definition of “excepted group life policy”).
(2)Condition A is that any sums payable or other benefits arising under the policy must (whether directly or indirectly) be paid to or for, or conferred on, or applied at the direction of—
(a)an individual or charity beneficially entitled to them, or
(b)a trustee or other person acting in a fiduciary capacity who will secure that the sums or other benefits are paid to or for, or conferred on, or applied in favour of, an individual or charity beneficially.
(3)Condition B is that no person who is, or is connected with, an individual whose life is insured under the policy may, as a result of a group membership right relating to that individual, receive (directly or indirectly) any death benefit in respect of another individual whose life is so insured.
(4)In subsection (3)—
“death benefit in respect of an individual” means any sums or other benefits payable or arising under the policy on the individual’s death or anything representing any such sums or benefits, and
“group membership right”, in relation to an individual insured by a group life policy, means any right (including the right of any person to be considered by trustees in their exercise of a discretion) that is referable to that individual being one of the individuals whose lives are insured by the policy.
(5)Condition C is that a tax avoidance purpose is not the main purpose, or one of the main purposes, for which a person is at any time—
(a)the holder, or one of the holders, of the policy, or
(b)the person, or one of the persons, beneficially entitled under the policy.
(6)In subsection (5)—
“tax advantage” has the same meaning as in Chapter 1 of Part 17 of ICTA (tax avoidance) (see section 709(1) of that Act), and
“tax avoidance purpose” means any purpose that consists in securing a tax advantage (whether for the holder of the policy or any other person).