Miscellaneous
226Provisions which are not to apply
(1)Sections 92 to 95 of the 1993 Act (corporation tax: currency to be used) shall not apply for the purposes of computing for the purposes of corporation tax the profits or losses of a corporate member’s underwriting business.
(2)No asset forming part of or liability attaching to a premiums trust fund of a corporate member shall be a qualifying asset or liability for the purposes of Chapter II of Part II of the 1993 Act (exchange gains and losses); and no contract forming part of such a fund shall be a currency contract for those purposes.
(3)No contract or option forming part of a premiums trust fund of a corporate member shall be a qualifying contract for the purposes of Chapter II of this Part of this Act (interest rate and currency contracts and options).
227Cessation: final underwriting year
(1)This section applies where a corporate member ceases to carry on its underwriting business, whether by reason of being wound up or otherwise.
(2)Subject to the provisions of any regulations made by the Board—
(a)the member’s final underwriting year shall be that in which its deposit at Lloyd’s is paid over to it or its liquidator, and
(b)the member’s underwriting business shall be treated as continuing until the end of that year.
228Lloyd’s underwriters: individuals
(1)Chapter III of Part II of the 1993 Act (Lloyd’s underwriters: individuals) shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in Schedule 21 to this Act.
(2)The following provisions shall cease to have effect, namely—
(a)section 627 of the Taxes Act 1988 (elections by Lloyd’s underwriters with respect to retirement annuities);
(b)in section 641 of that Act, subsection (2) (elections by Lloyd’s underwriters with respect to carry-back of contributions); and
(c)in section 183 of the 1993 Act, subsection (3) (amendments of sections 627(5) and 641(2) of the Taxes Act 1988).
(3)Subject to any provision to the contrary, the provisions of Schedule 21 to this Act have effect for the year 1994-95 and subsequent years of assessment.
(4)Subsection (2) above has effect for the year 1997-98 and subsequent years of assessment.