(1)If the assets of a UK life insurance company include securities of a class all of which would, but for this section, be regarded as one holding for the purposes of corporation tax on chargeable gains, the following pooling rules apply instead for those purposes—
(a)so many of the securities so far as matched to BLAGAB liabilities of the company are treated as a separate holding,
(b)so many of the securities so far as matched to other long-term business liabilities of the company are treated as a separate holding,
(c)so many of the securities as are held by the company for the purposes of any with-profits fund but are not matched to its long-term business liabilities are treated as a separate holding,
(d)so many of the securities as are held for the purposes of the company’s long-term business but are not matched to its long-term business liabilities or held by it for the purposes of any with-profits funds are treated as a separate holding, and
(e)any remaining securities are treated as a separate holding which is held otherwise than for the purposes of the company’s long-term business.
(2)If the company has more than one with-profits fund within subsection (1)(c), so many of the securities as are held by it for the purposes of a particular fund but are not matched to its long-term business liabilities are treated as a separate holding for the purposes of corporation tax on chargeable gains.
(3)Subsection (1) does not apply if all the income of the company’s long-term business is chargeable to corporation tax on income under section 35 of CTA 2009.
(4)In that case, if the company’s assets include securities of a class all of which would, but for this section, be regarded as one holding for the purposes of corporation tax on chargeable gains, the following pooling rules apply instead for those purposes—
(a)so many of the securities as are held for the purposes of its long-term business are treated as a separate holding, and
(b)any remaining securities are treated as a separate holding which is held otherwise than for the purposes of its long-term business.
(1)If the assets of an overseas life insurance company include securities of a class all of which would, but for this section, be regarded as one holding for the purposes of corporation tax on chargeable gains, the following pooling rules apply instead for those purposes—
(a)so many of the securities so far as UK securities matched to BLAGAB liabilities of the company are treated as a separate holding,
(b)so many of the securities so far as UK securities matched to other long-term business liabilities of the company are treated as a separate holding,
(c)so many of the securities as are UK securities held by the company for the purposes of any with-profits fund but not matched to its long-term business liabilities are treated as a separate holding,
(d)so many of the securities as are UK securities held for the purposes of the company’s long-term business but not matched to its long-term business liabilities or held by it for the purposes of any with-profits funds are treated as a separate holding,
(e)any remaining UK securities are treated as a separate holding which is held otherwise than for the purposes of the company’s long-term business, and
(f)any securities which are held by the company but which are not UK securities are treated as a separate holding.
(2)If the company has more than one with-profits fund within subsection (1)(c), so many of the securities as are UK securities held by it for the purposes of a particular fund but are not matched to its long-term business liabilities are treated as a separate holding for the purposes of corporation tax on chargeable gains.
(3)Subsection (1) does not apply if all the income of the company’s long-term business is chargeable to corporation tax on income under section 35 of CTA 2009.
(4)In that case, if the company’s assets include securities of a class all of which would, but for this section, be regarded as one holding for the purposes of corporation tax on chargeable gains, the following pooling rules apply instead for those purposes—
(a)so many of the securities as are UK securities held for the purposes of its long-term business are treated as a separate holding,
(b)any remaining UK securities are treated as a separate holding which is held otherwise than for the purposes of its long-term business, and
(c)any securities which are held by the company but which are not UK securities are treated as a separate holding.
(5)For the purposes of this section, securities (whether situated in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) are “UK securities” of an overseas life insurance company 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.
(1)The applicable pooling rules also apply if the assets of the company in question include securities of a class and but for this section—
(a)some of them would be regarded as a 1982 holding for the purposes of corporation tax on chargeable gains, and
(b)the rest of them would be regarded as a section 104 holding for those purposes.
(2)“The applicable pooling rules” means—
(a)the pooling rules set out in section 119(1)(a) to (e) and (4)(a) and (b), or
(b)the pooling rules set out in section 120(1)(a) to (f) and (4)(a) to (c).
(3)In applying the applicable pooling rules in a case within subsection (1)—
(a)the reference in any of the paragraphs in section 119(1) or (4) or 120(1) or (4) to a separate holding is to be read, where necessary, as a reference to a separate 1982 holding and a separate section 104 holding, and
(b)the questions whether that reading is necessary for a paragraph and, if it is, how many securities falling within the paragraph constitute each of the two holdings are determined in accordance with paragraph 12 of Schedule 6 to FA 1990 and the identification rules applying on any subsequent acquisitions and disposals.
(4)If the applicable pooling rules apply, section 105 of TCGA 1992 has effect as if securities regarded as included in different holdings as a result of those rules were securities of different classes.
(5)In this section—
“1982 holding” has the same meaning as in section 109 of TCGA 1992, and
“section 104 holding” has the same meaning as in section 104(3) of TCGA 1992.
(6)In this section and sections 119 and 120 “securities” means—
(a)shares,
(b)securities of a company, and
(c)any other assets where they are of a nature to be dealt in without identifying the particular assets disposed of or acquired.