General interpretationU.K.
8. In these Regulations—
“authorised corporate director”, in relation to an open-ended investment company, means a corporate director of the company acting in the capacity as the director having responsibility for the management of its scheme property, being an authorised person within the meaning given by section 31(2) of FISMA 2000, or if there is no such director, the person for the time being having responsibility for the management of the scheme property of the company and acting in that capacity;
“collective investment scheme” has the meaning given by section 235 of FISMA 2000;
the “Commissioners” means the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs;
“creditor relationship” has the meaning given by section 103(1) of FA 1996 M1;
“derivative contract” means—
a contract which is a derivative contract within the meaning of Schedule 26 to FA 2002 M2, or
a contract which is, in the accounting period in question, treated as if it were a derivative contract by virtue of paragraph 36 of that Schedule M3 (contracts relating to holdings in unit trust schemes, open-ended investment companies and offshore funds);
“investments” do not include cash awaiting investment;
“net asset value” means the value of the assets of the authorised investment fund, after the deduction of specified liabilities;
“”, in relation to an open-ended investment company, means a beneficial owner of shares in the company, except where the shares are held on trust (other than a bare trust) or are comprised in the estate of a deceased person, and in such a case the owner of shares, in relation to the company, means the trustees of the trust, or, as the case may be, the deceased's personal representatives;
“reporting date” means the final day of each annual and each half-yearly accounting period of the authorised investment fund;
“residence declaration” is to be construed in accordance with regulation 31;
“tax year”—
in relation to income tax, means a year of assessment within the meaning of ICTA (see section 832(1) of that Act), and
in relation to capital gains tax, means a year of assessment within the meaning of TCGA 1992 (see section 288(1) of that Act).
Marginal Citations
M3Paragraph 36 of Schedule 26 was amended by paragraph 62 of Schedule 10 to the Finance Act 2004 (c. 12).