Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 2627
Corporation Tax
The Insurance Companies (Overseas Life Assurance Business) (Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations 2008
Made
6th October 2008
Laid before the House of Commons
6th October 2008
Coming into force
27th October 2008
Citation, commencement and effect
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Insurance Companies (Overseas Life Assurance Business) (Compliance) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on 27th October 2008.
(2) These Regulations have effect in relation to policies or contracts assigned on or after the date on which these Regulations come into force.
Amendments to the Insurance Companies (Overseas Life Assurance Business) (Compliance) Regulations 1995
2. —(1) The Insurance Companies (Overseas Life Assurance Business) (Compliance) Regulations 1995( 3 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1) of regulation 2 (interpretation), in the definition of “the Board, for “of Inland Revenue” substitute “for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs”.
(3) For “section 540, 542 or 545” substitute “section 484 of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005”( 4 ) in—
(a) paragraph (5)(b) of regulation 13 (business other than reinsurance business effected by a company resident in the United Kingdom outside the United Kingdom),
(b) paragraph (5)(b) of regulation 14 (business other than reinsurance business effected either by a company resident in the United Kingdom otherwise than outside the United Kingdom or by an overseas life insurance company), and
(c) paragraph (6)(b) of regulation 14A (business other than reinsurance business effected either by a company resident in the United Kingdom otherwise than outside the United Kingdom or by an overseas life insurance company – policy holder not within regulation 7)( 5 ).
Mike Eland
3rd October 2008
Dave Hartnett
6th October 2008
Two of the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
1988 c. 1 ; section 431E was inserted by paragraph 2 of Schedule 8 to the Finance Act 1995 (c. 4) .
The functions of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue were transferred to the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs by section 5(2) of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11) . Section 50 of that Act provides that in so far as it is appropriate in consequence of section 5 a reference in an enactment, however expressed, to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue is to be read as a reference to the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.
S.I. 1995/3237 , relevantly amended by S.I. 1999/2839 and 2007/2088 . There are other amending instruments but none are relevant.
Regulation 14A was inserted by regulation 15 of S.I. 1999/2839 .