Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3)

Part 13 Tax avoidance

Chapter 2 Transfer of assets abroad

Exemptions: no tax avoidance purpose or genuine commercial transaction

736 Exemptions: introduction

(1) Sections 737 to 742 deal with exemptions from liability under this Chapter.

(2) Some exemptions apply according to whether the relevant transactions are all pre-5 December 2005 transactions or all post-4 December 2005 transactions or include both (see sections 737, 739 and 740).

(3) In this section and sections 737 to 742—

• “post-4 December 2005 transaction” means a relevant transaction effected on or after 5 December 2005, and

• “pre-5 December 2005 transaction” means a relevant transaction effected before 5 December 2005.