Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 4A inserted (6.4.2008) by The Authorised Investment Funds (Tax) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/705), regs. 1, 5
Textual Amendments
F2Regs. 69Z24E-69Z24H and cross-heading inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Authorised Investment Funds (Tax) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1783), regs. 1(1), 4
69Z24E.—(1) This regulation applies if—
(a)a fund (“the pre-conversion fund”) which is not a property AIF becomes, or intends to become, a property AIF,
(b)the unit-holders in the pre-conversion fund dispose of the units which they hold in that fund (“the original units”) and, as part of an arrangement, acquire units of the same, or substantially the same, value as the original units in the fund which is, or is intended to become, the dedicated feeder fund for the property AIF, and
(c)the further requirement of regulation 69Z24G is met.
(2) Sections 127 to 131 of TCGA apply in relation to the disposal and subsequent acquisition of units specified in this regulation.
(3) A fund converting to a property AIF in accordance with this regulation shall be treated as meeting condition A in regulation 69K (the corporate ownership condition) where the conditions in paragraph (4) are met, notwithstanding that the holding of a body corporate in the property AIF may exceed the percentage mentioned in regulation 69K(3)(a) during the relevant period.
(4) The conditions in this paragraph are that—
(a)during the relevant period, no distributions are declared or made,
(b)any distribution which was declared before the beginning of the relevant period is paid before the beginning of that period, and
(c)the units held by the body corporate in the property AIF are exchanged for units in the dedicated feeder fund as soon as reasonably practicable.
(5) In this regulation, “the relevant period” is the period beginning with the time at which the fund becomes a property AIF and ending with the time at which the units in the dedicated feeder fund for the property AIF are issued to a participant which is a body corporate.
69Z24F.—(1) This regulation applies if—
(a)there is—
(i)an exchange of units in a dedicated feeder fund for shares in the property AIF for which that fund is the dedicated feeder fund, or
(ii)an exchange of shares in a property AIF for units in the dedicated feeder fund for that property AIF, and
(b)the further requirement of regulation 69Z24G is met.
(2) The units to be exchanged in accordance with either paragraph (1)(a) or (b) must represent the same, or substantially the same, share of the net asset value of the property AIF as the units which are held immediately after the exchange.
(3) Sections 127 to 131 of TCGA 1992 apply in relation to a disposal or acquisition of units or shares specified in paragraph (1).
69Z24G. The further requirement is that if a transaction involves the acquisition of units in a dedicated feeder fund, that it is undertaken with the agreement of the manager of the property AIF.
69Z24H. Section 137 of TCGA (restriction on application of tax treatment) applies to any transaction specified in regulations 69Z24E or 69Z24F in the circumstances mentioned in that section.]]