{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxation-of-chargeable-gains-act-1992/section-166",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxation-of-chargeable-gains-act-1992/section-166.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/12",
  "legislation_title": "Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/taxation-of-chargeable-gains-act-1992",
  "path": "section/166",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "166",
  "heading": "Gifts to non-residents.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to section 167A, section 165(4) shall not apply where the transferee is not resident in the United Kingdom.\n(2) Section 165(4) shall not apply where the transferee is an individual ... if that individual ... —\n(a) though resident ... in the United Kingdom, is regarded for the purposes of any double taxation relief arrangements as resident in a territory outside the United Kingdom, and\n(b) by virtue of the arrangements would not be liable in the United Kingdom to tax on a gain arising on a disposal of the asset occurring immediately after its acquisition.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 166(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 7 para. 60 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2015 (c. 11), Sch. 7 para. 24"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 166(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 46 para. 112 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 46 para. 99(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 166(2) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 251(1)(a)(7) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 251(7)(a), Sch. 26 Pt. VIII(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 166(2)(a) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 46 para. 112 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 46 para. 99(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/12/section/166",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:15.270072+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."
}