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Section 212 Annual deemed disposal of holdings of unit trusts etc.C1C2C3C4C5C6

United Kingdom

(1)

Where at the end of an accounting period the assets F1held by an insurance company for the purposes of its long-term business include—

(a)

rights under an authorised unit trust, or

(b)

F2interests in an offshore fund F3... F4, or

(F5ba)

units in an authorised contractual scheme which is a co-ownership scheme, or

(F6bb)

units in a Reserved Investor Fund (Contractual Scheme), or

(c)

shares in a company F7which is, or is a member of, a UK REIT within the meaning of Part 12 of CTA 2010 (Real Estate Investment Trusts), F8or,

(d)

shares in a company which is, or is a member of, a QAHC within the meaning of Schedule 2 to the Finance Act 2022 (qualifying asset holding companies),

then, subject to the following provisions of this section and to section 213, the company shall be deemed for the purposes of corporation tax on capital gains to have disposed of and immediately reacquired each of the assets concerned at its market value at that time.

F9(1A)

For the purposes of computing the gain accruing on a deemed disposal under subsection (1) of units in an authorised contractual scheme which is a co-ownership scheme or of units in a Reserved Investor Fund (Contractual Scheme), subsections (3A) and (9) of section 103D (application of Act to tax transparent funds) do not apply.

(1B)

But subsection (1A) does not affect the application of those subsections in the event of any other disposal of units in such a scheme by an insurance company, and in such a case—

(a)

section 103D(3A) applies in respect of all allowances under Part 2A of CAA 2001 to which the company has been entitled during the period it has held units in the scheme, and

(b)

section 103D(9) applies in respect of all capital allowances and renewal allowances that have been, or may be, made to expenditure incurred during that period.

F10(2)

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F11(2A)

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(6A)

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(7)

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F15(8)

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F16(9)

This section applies to an overseas life insurance company as if references in subsection (1) to assets were to such of the assets concerned as are UK assets.

(10)

Assets (whether situated in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) are “UK assets” if, in accordance with the provision made by or under Chapter 4 of Part 2 of CTA 2009, they fall to be attributed to the permanent establishment in the United Kingdom through which the company carries on life assurance business.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in s. 212(1) substituted (17.7.2012) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 16 para. 85(2)

F2

Words in s. 212(1)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2)(3), Sch. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Offshore Funds (Tax) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3001), regs. 1(1), 127(3)(a)

F3

Words in s. 212(1)(b) omitted (8.6.2013) by virtue of The Collective Investment Schemes (Tax Transparent Funds, Exchanges, Mergers and Schemes of Reconstruction) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1400), regs. 1(1), 5(a) (with reg. 1(2))

F4

S. 212(1)(c) and preceding word inserted (19.7.2006) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 137

F5

S. 212(1)(ba) inserted (8.6.2013) by The Collective Investment Schemes (Tax Transparent Funds, Exchanges, Mergers and Schemes of Reconstruction) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/1400), regs. 1(1), 5(b) (with reg. 1(2))

F6

S. 212(1)(bb) inserted (19.3.2025) by The Co-ownership Contractual Schemes (Tax) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/200), regs. 1(2), 52(7)(a) (with reg. 63)

F7

Words in s. 212(1)(c) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), s. 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 249 (with Sch. 2)

F8

S. 212(1)(d) and word inserted (24.2.2022) by Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), Sch. 2 para. 56(1)

F9

S. 212(1A)(1B) inserted (19.3.2025) by The Co-ownership Contractual Schemes (Tax) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/200), regs. 1(2), 52(7)(b) (with reg. 63)

F10

S. 212(2) omitted (17.7.2012) by virtue of Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 16 para. 85(3)

F11

S. 212(2A) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 17(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 10 para. 5(3)(a), Sch. 27 Pt. 2(10)

F12

S. 212(3)(4)(6) repealed (27.7.1993 with effect in relation to accounting periods beginning on or after 1.1.1993) by 1993 c. 34, ss. 91(2)(b), 213, Sch. 23 Pt. III Table(8) Note

F13

S. 212(5)-(7) repealed (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2)(3), Sch. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Offshore Funds (Tax) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/3001), regs. 1(1), 127(3)(b), Sch. 2

F14

S. 212(7A) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 39(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 8 para. 18, Sch. 27 Pt. 2(8) (with Sch. 8 Pt. 2)

F15

S. 212(8) repealed (27.7.1993 with effect as mentioned in s. 91(1)) by 1993 c. 34, ss. 91(1), 213, Sch. 23 Pt. III Table(8) Note

F16

S. 212(9)(10) inserted (17.7.2012) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 16 para. 85(4)

Modifications

C1

S. 212 modified (31.7.1992) by S.I. 1992/1655, arts. 1, 21

S. 212 amended (27.7.1993) by 1993 c. 34, s. 91(1)

S. 212 excluded (27.7.1993) by 1993 c. 34, s. 91(1)

C2

S. 212 modified (with effect in accordance with s. 105(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), s. 105, Sch. 15 para. 15(2)

C3

S. 212 modified (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Friendly Societies (Modification of the Corporation Tax Acts) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2014), regs. 1(1), 37 (as amended by S.I. 2007/2134, regs. 1(1)(2), 28)

C4

S. 212 modified (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Insurance Companies (Tax Exempt Business) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2145), regs. 1(1), 13

C5

S. 212 excluded by The Authorised Investment Funds (Tax) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/964), reg. 51(2) (as substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 2008/3159, regs. 1(1), 15)

C6

S. 212 modified (with effect in accordance with reg. 2(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Insurance Companies and CFCs (Avoidance of Double Charge) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/3044), regs. 1(1), 6