# The Investment Trust (Approved Company) (Tax) Regulations 2011, Regulation 40: Meaning of “units in a collective investment scheme”


(1) For the purposes of regulation 33(d)—
“collective investment scheme” has the meaning given by section 235 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000,
“units” means the rights or interests (however described) of the investors in a collective investment scheme.
(2) In paragraph (1) an “investor”, in relation to a collective investment scheme, means a beneficial owner of units in the scheme, except where the units 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 investor, in relation to the scheme, means the trustees of the trust or, as the case may be, the deceased’s personal representatives.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2011/9780111516683/regulation/40 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-investment-trust-approved-company-tax-regulations-2011/regulation-40
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