Finance Act 2016

134 ATED: regulated home reversion plans U.K.

(1) Part 3 of FA 2013 (annual tax on enveloped dwellings) is amended as follows.

(2) After section 144 insert—

“144A Regulated home reversion plans

(1) A day in a chargeable period is relievable in relation to a single dwelling interest held by a person (“P”) who is an authorised plan provider if—

(a) P has, as plan provider, entered into a regulated home reversion plan relating to the single dwelling interest, and

(b) the occupation condition is met on that day.

(2) If no qualifying termination event has occurred, the “occupation condition” is that a person who was originally entitled to occupy the dwelling (or any part of it) under the regulated home reversion plan is still entitled to do so.

(3) If a qualifying termination event has occurred, the “occupation condition” is that—

(a) the single dwelling interest is being held with the intention that it will be sold without delay (except so far as delay is justified by commercial considerations or cannot be avoided), and

(b) no non-qualifying individual is permitted to occupy the dwelling (or any part of it).

(4) In this section—

• “authorised plan provider” means a person authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to carry on in the United Kingdom the regulated activity specified in article 63B(1) of the Regulated Activities Order (entering into regulated home reversion plan as plan provider);

• “qualifying termination event” is to be interpreted in accordance with article 63B of the Regulated Activities Order;

• “the Regulated Activities Order” means the Financial Services and Markets (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/544);

• “regulated home reversion plan” means an arrangement which is a regulated home reversion plan for the purposes of Chapter 15A of Part 2 of the Regulated Activities Order (but see also subsection (6)).

(5) In this section references to entering into a regulated home reversion plan “as plan provider” are to be interpreted as if the references were in the Regulated Activities Order (but see also subsection (6)).

(6) For the purposes of this section—

(a) an arrangement which P entered into before 6 April 2007 is treated for the purposes of this section as a regulated home reversion plan entered into by P as plan provider if that arrangement would have been so treated for the purposes of article 63B(1) of the Regulated Activities Order had P entered into that arrangement on the day mentioned in subsection (1);

(b) an arrangement in relation to which P acquired rights or obligations before 6 April 2007 is treated for the purposes of this section as a regulated home reversion plan entered into by P as plan provider if that arrangement would have been so treated for the purposes of article 63B(1) of the Regulated Activities Order had P acquired those rights or obligations on the day mentioned in subsection (1).

(7) Section 136 (meaning of “non-qualifying individual”) applies in relation to this section as in relation to sections 133 and 135.”

(3) In section 116 (dwelling in grounds of another dwelling), in the list in subsection (6), at the appropriate place insert— “ section 144A (regulated home reversion plans); ”.

(4) In section 117 (dwellings in the same building), in the list in subsection (5), at the appropriate place insert— “ section 144A (regulated home reversion plans); ”.

(5) In section 132 (effect of reliefs under sections 133 to 150), in the list in subsection (3), at the appropriate place insert— “ section 144A (regulated home reversion plans); ”.

(6) In section 159A (relief declaration returns), in the table in subsection (9), at the appropriate place insert—

“144A (regulated home reversion plans)

5A”.

(7) The amendments made by this section have effect for chargeable periods beginning on or after 1 April 2016.