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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 12U.K.Settlements: amendment of TCGA 1992 etc

Part 1U.K.Settlors, trustees and settlements

Basic trust conceptsU.K.

2(1)For section 69(1) and (2) of TCGA 1992 (residence of trustees, etc) substitute—U.K.

(1)For the purposes of this Act the trustees of a settlement shall, unless the context otherwise requires, together be treated as if they were a single person (distinct from the persons who are trustees of the settlement from time to time).

(2)The deemed person referred to in subsection (1) shall be treated for the purposes of this Act as resident and ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom at any time when a condition in subsection (2A) or (2B) is satisfied.

(2A)Condition 1 is that all the trustees are resident in the United Kingdom.

(2B)Condition 2 is that—

(a)at least one trustee is resident in the United Kingdom,

(b)at least one is not resident in the United Kingdom, and

(c)a settlor in relation to the settlement was resident, ordinarily resident or domiciled in the United Kingdom at a time which is a relevant time in relation to him.

(2C)In subsection (2B)(c) “relevant time” in relation to a settlor—

(a)means, where the settlement arose on the settlor's death (whether by will, intestacy or otherwise), the time immediately before his death, and

(b)in any other case, means a time when the settlor made the settlement (or was treated for the purposes of this Act as making the settlement);

and, in the case of a transfer of property from Settlement 1 to Settlement 2 in relation to which section 68B applies, “relevant time” in relation to a settlor of the transferred property in respect of Settlement 2 includes any time which, immediately before the time of the disposal by the trustees of Settlement 1, was a relevant time in relation to that settlor in respect of Settlement 1.

(2D)A trustee who is not resident in the United Kingdom shall be treated for the purposes of subsections (2A) and (2B) as if he were resident in the United Kingdom at any time when he acts as trustee in the course of a business which he carries on in the United Kingdom through a branch, agency or permanent establishment there.

(2E)If the deemed person referred to in subsection (1) is not treated for the purposes of this Act as resident and ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom, then for the purposes of this Act it shall be treated as neither resident nor ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom.

(2)This paragraph shall have effect—

(a)for the purposes of determining the residence status of the trustees of a settlement (whenever created), from 6th April 2007, and

(b)for any other purpose (in relation to settlements whenever created), from 6th April 2006.