Paragraph 4

In subsection (5) of section 213 of the M1Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (spreading of gains and losses under section 212 where there is a transfer of long term business), at the beginning there shall be inserted “Subject to subsections (5A) to (7) below”; and after that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(5A)

Subsection (5) above shall not apply where the transferee is resident outside the United Kingdom unless the business to which the transfer relates is carried on by the transferee, for a period beginning with the time when the transfer takes effect, through a branch or agency in the United Kingdom.”