{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-1989/schedule-5/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-1989/schedule-5/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1989/26",
  "legislation_title": "Finance Act 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-1989",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The trust deed must provide for the establishment of a body of trustees.\n(2) The trust deed must—\n(a) appoint the initial trustees;\n(b) contain rules for the retirement and removal of trustees;\n(c) contain rules for the appointment of replacement and additional trustees.\n(3) The trust deed must provide that at any time while the trust subsists (therelevant time)—\n(a) the number of trustees must not be less than three;\n(b) all the trustees must be resident in the United Kingdom;\n(c) the trustees must include one person who is a trust corporation, asolicitor, or a member of such other professional body as the Board may fromtime to time allow for the purposes of this paragraph;\n(d) most of the trustees must be persons who are not and have never beendirectors of any company which falls within the founding company’s group atthe relevant time;\n(e) most of the trustees must be persons who are employees of companies whichfall within the founding company’s group at the relevant time, and who do nothave and have never had a material interest in any such company;\n(f) the trustees falling within paragraph (e) above must, before beingappointed as trustees, have been selected by a majority of the employees ofthe companies falling within the founding company’s group at the time of theselection or by persons elected to represent those employees.\n(4) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) above a company falls within thefounding company’s group at a particular time if—\n(a) it is the founding company, or\n(b) it is at that time resident in the United Kingdom and controlled by thefounding company.\n(5) This paragraph applies in relation to trusts established on or before the day on which the Finance Act 1994 was passed.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 3(5) inserted (3.5.1994) by 1994 c. 9, s. 102, Sch. 13 para. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "See Finance Act 1990 (c. 29) ss.31–40—roll-over relief for disposal of shares to employeeshare ownership trusts"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Schedule 5 para. 3(3)(c) amended (1.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2684, arts. 2(1), 4, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 3(3)(c) applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (23.12.2011) by The Legal Services Act 2007 (Designation as a Licensing Authority) (No. 2) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2866), art. 1(2), Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1989/26/schedule/5/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:46:42.124806+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}