Part 8Offshore funds F4ETC

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Amendments (Textual)
F4

Word in Pt. 8 heading inserted (retrospective to 5.12.2013) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), s. 289(5)(b)(6)

Supplementary

363AF1F3Residence of undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities and alterative investment funds

F51

This section applies to—

a

a UCITS which is authorised in a foreign country or territory pursuant to Article 5 of the UCITS Directive, and

b

an AIF which is authorised or registered in a foreign country or territory, or is not authorised or registered but has its registered office in a foreign country or territory,

unless the UCITS or AIF is an excluded entity.

2

If the UCITS or AIF is a body corporate which (apart from this section) would be treated as resident in the United Kingdom for the purposes of any enactment (within the meaning of section 354) relating to income tax, corporation tax or capital gains tax, the body corporate is instead to be treated as if it were not resident in the United Kingdom.

2A

A UCITS or AIF is “an excluded entity” if it—

a

is a unit trust scheme the trustees of which are UK resident,

b

is resident in the United Kingdom by virtue of section 14 of CTA 2009,

c

is, or has been, an investment trust with respect to an accounting period, or

d

is or has been—

i

a company UK REIT in relation to an accounting period, or

ii

a member of a group of companies at a time when the group is or was a group UK REIT in relation to an accounting period.

2B

The Treasury may, by regulations, modify this section so as to—

a

add a description of UCITS or AIF as an excluded entity,

b

provide that a description of UCITS or AIF is no longer an excluded entity, or

c

vary a description of an excluded entity.

3

If, by virtue of section 99 or 103A of TCGA 1992, that Act applies in relation to the F6UCITS or AIF as if it were a company, that Act applies as if the company were F2not resident in the United Kingdom (if it would not otherwise do so).

4

In this sectionF7—

"AIF” has the meaning given in regulation 3 of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Regulations 2013,

“foreign country or territory” means a country or territory outside the United Kingdom,

“investment trust with respect to an accounting period” is to be construed in accordance with section 1158 of CTA 2010,

“UCITS” means an undertaking for collective investment in transferable securities,

“the UCITS Directive” means Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council,

“company UK REIT in relation to an accounting period” and “group UK REIT in relation to an accounting period” are to be construed in accordance with section 527 of CTA 2010.