The Investment Trust (Approved Company) (Tax) Regulations 2011

Meaning of “relevant contract”: contracts for difference

38.—(1) For the purposes of regulation 34(1)(c) a “contract for differences” is a contract the purpose or pretended purpose of which is to make a profit or avoid a loss by reference to fluctuations in—

(a) the value or price of property described in the contract, or

(b) an index or other factor designated in the contract.

(2) But none of the following is a contract for differences—

(a) a future,

(b) an option,

(c) a contract of insurance,

(d) a contract effected in the course of capital redemption business,

(e) a contract of indemnity,

(f) a guarantee,

(g) a warranty,

(h) a loan relationship.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)—

“capital redemption business” means any business of a company carrying on insurance business in so far as it consists of the effecting on the basis of actuarial calculations, and the carrying out, of contracts under which, in return for one or more fixed payments, a sum or series of sums of a specified amount become payable at a future time or over a period,

“loan relationship” is to be construed in accordance with regulation 39 but with references to “investment trust” in that regulation being construed as references to “company”.

(4) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) an index or factor may be determined by reference to any matter and, for these purposes, a numerical value may be attributed to any variation in a matter.