Section 593: Unauthorised payments: application of section 583
2373.This section applies to unauthorised payments from former approved superannuation funds. It derives from sections 599A(9) and 600 of ICTA.
2374.Section 600(1) of ICTA imposes a charge on:
a payment made out of funds which are held for the purposes of a scheme which is approved for the purposes of -
this Chapter; … or
section 208 … of the 1970 Act.
2375.Schemes can no longer be approved under section 208 of ICTA 1970. The present tense, “is approved”, was introduced into the opening paragraph of section 600 of ICTA by Schedule 6 of FA 1989. It is used because subsection (1)(a) of section 600 applies to retirement benefits schemes approved under Chapter 1 of Part 14 of ICTA (dealt with by section 583 in Chapter 6 of this Part). But the charge on unauthorised payments still applies to schemes approved under section 208 ICTA 1970. That charge is rewritten in this section so that this Chapter deals with all the charges on former approved superannuation funds.
2376.The rules in section 600 of ICTA that apply to former approved superannuation funds are the same as those that apply to approved retirement benefits schemes. Rather than repeating those rules this section applies sections 583, 584, 585 and 588.
2377.Subsection (1) identifies the payments to which section 593 is applied. The payment must not be authorised by the rules of the fund or be made as a consequence of paragraph 33 of Schedule 6 to FA 1989. The effect of paragraph 33 of Schedule 6 to FA 1989 is discussed in paragraph 2342.
2378.Subsection (2) prevents section 593 applying if the payment has been taxed by section 623 as a return of surplus funds from an additional voluntary contributions scheme. It derives from section 599A(9) of ICTA.
2379.Subsection (3) clarifies the meaning of payment. It derives from section 600(4) of ICTA.