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(1)This Chapter provides—
(a)for the approval of SAYE option schemes by the Inland Revenue, and
(b)for exemptions from income tax in connection with share options granted under those schemes.
(2)Schedule 3 contains the requirements that have to be met for an SAYE option scheme to be approved, together with the approval procedure.
(3)The provisions of—
(a)this and the following sections of this Chapter,
(b)Schedule 3, and
(c)Part 2 of Schedule 7D to TCGA 1992 (approved SAYE option schemes: amount of consideration on exercise of option),
together constitute “the SAYE code”.
(4)In the SAYE code—
“approved” means approved by the Inland Revenue under Schedule 3 (see paragraph 1 of the Schedule);
“SAYE option scheme” means a scheme (commonly referred to as an SAYE share option scheme) which is established by a company and provides—
for share options to be granted to employees and directors, and
for the shares acquired by the exercise of the share options to be paid for in the way mentioned in paragraph 24 of Schedule 3 (payments for shares to be linked to approved savings schemes);
“share option” means a right to acquire shares in a company;
“shares” includes stock.
(5)Other expressions used in the SAYE code and contained in the index at the end of Schedule 3 have the meaning indicated by the index.
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