(1)In this Act, unless otherwise indicated (whether expressly or by implication)—
“the Board of Inland Revenue” means the Commissioners of Inland Revenue,
“charity” means a body of persons or trust established for charitable purposes only,
“houseboat” means a boat or similar structure designed or adapted for use as a place of human habitation,
“income” includes amounts treated as income (whether expressly or by implication),
“the Inland Revenue” means any officer of the Board of Inland Revenue,
“non-UK resident” means not resident in the United Kingdom (and references to a non-UK resident or a non-UK resident person are to a person who is not resident there),
“normal self-assessment filing date”, in relation to a tax year, means the 31st January following the tax year,
“personal representatives”, in relation to a person who has died, means—
in the United Kingdom, persons responsible for administering the estate of the deceased, and
in a territory outside the United Kingdom, those persons having functions under its law equivalent to those of administering the estate of the deceased,
“tax year”, in relation to income tax, means a year for which any Act provides for income tax to be charged,
“the tax year 2005-06” means the tax year beginning on 6th April 2005 (and any corresponding expression in which two years are similarly mentioned is to be read in the same way), and
“UK resident” means resident in the United Kingdom (and references to a UK resident or a UK resident person are to a person who is resident there).
(2)For the purposes of this Act, the remittance basis applies to a person for a tax year for which the person makes a claim under section 831 (claims for relevant foreign income to be charged on the remittance basis).
(3)In this Act any reference to a claim or election is to a claim or election in writing or in any form authorised (in relation to the case in question) by directions under section 118 of FA 1998.
(4)For further information about claims and elections, see TMA 1970 (in particular, section 42(2), (10) and (11) and Schedule 1A).
(5)Section 839 of ICTA (how to tell whether persons are connected) applies for the purposes of this Act unless otherwise indicated (whether expressly or by implication).
(6)Section 840 of ICTA (meaning of control in relation to a body corporate) applies for the purposes of this Act unless otherwise indicated (whether expressly or by implication).