Part 15U.K.Deduction of income tax at source

Chapter 5U.K.Deduction from payments of UK public revenue dividends

Payments which are payable grossU.K.

893Payments of UK public revenue dividends which are payable grossU.K.

(1)A payment of a UK public revenue dividend is payable gross if—

(a)it is a payment of interest on gross-paying government securities, and

(b)no deduction at source application has effect in respect of the securities at the time the payment is made (see section 895).

(2)In this Chapter “gross-paying government securities” means—

(a)gilt-edged securities (see section 1024),

[F1(aa)securities, so far as they are not gilt-edged securities, issued or treated as issued under—

(i)the National Loans Act 1939, or

(ii)the National Loans Act 1968,] or

(b)securities which are the subject of a Treasury direction under section [F2894(3)].

Textual Amendments

F1S. 893(2)(aa) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 6 para. 28 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 6 para. 27(2)(a)

F2Word in s. 893(2)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 6 para. 28 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 6 para. 27(2)(b)

894Treasury directionsU.K.

F3(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)The Treasury may, at the request of the Department of Finance and Personnel for Northern Ireland, direct that any securities issued under section 11(1)(c) of the Exchequer and Financial Provisions Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 (c. 3 (N.I.)) are gross-paying government securities.

(4)In relation to any securities which are gross-paying government securities by virtue of a direction under subsection (3)—

(a)references in sections 895 and 896 to “the Registrar” are to be read as references to the bank in the books of which the securities are registered or inscribed, and

(b)references in those sections to the Treasury are to be read as references to the Department of Finance and Personnel for Northern Ireland.

(5)A direction under subsection F4... (3) in respect of any securities may provide that the direction is to have effect in relation only to payments of interest on the securities made on or after a date specified in the direction.

Textual Amendments

F3S. 894(1)(2) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 6 para. 28 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 6 para. 27(3)(a)

F4Word in s. 894(5) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 6 para. 28 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 6 para. 27(3)(b)