Finance Act 1996

66 (1) Schedule 6 to the Gains Act (retirement relief) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.

(2) In paragraph 3, in sub-paragraphs (1), (3) and (4) (under each of which a person is treated as having retired on ill-health grounds if, on production of such evidence as the Board may reasonably require, the Board are satisfied as there mentioned)—

(a) the words “on production of such evidence as the Board may reasonably require, the Board are satisfied” shall cease to have effect, and

(b) for “that he” (in each place where those words occur) there shall be substituted “he”.

(3) At the end of that paragraph there shall be added—

“(5) In any case where—

(a) an officer of the Board gives notice to any person under section 9A(1) of, or paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 1A to, the Management Act (notice of intention to enquire into a return or claim or an amendment of a return or claim), and

(b) the enquiry to any extent relates to the question whether or not a person falls to be treated as having retired on ill-health grounds by virtue of the foregoing provisions of this paragraph,

then, without prejudice to any other powers of such an officer in relation to such an enquiry, an officer of the Board may at the same or any subsequent time by notice in writing require that person, within such time (which shall not be less than 30 days) as may be specified in the notice, to produce such evidence relating to the question mentioned in paragraph (b) above as may reasonably be specified in the notice.”

(4) In paragraph 10 (limitation of retirement relief in certain cases)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1) for “appears to the Board to be” there shall be substituted “is”; and

(b) in sub-paragraph (2) for “the Board shall have regard” there shall be substituted “regard shall be had”.