Part 7A

Employment income provided through third parties
CHAPTER 3

Undertakings given by employers etc in relation to retirement benefits etc

Provision of security
554Z19
1
B takes a step within this section if B provides security for the performance of the relevant undertaking.
2
For the purposes of this Part, the sum of money or asset which is the subject of the step is to be taken to be—
a
any sums of money which, as at the time the step is taken, are the subject of the security, and
b
any assets which, as at that time, are the subject of the security,
and references to the sum of money or asset which is the subject of a relevant step are to be read accordingly.
3
If, when the step is taken, the security covers other undertakings as well as the relevant undertaking, the sums of money and assets within subsection (2)(a) and (b) are to be apportioned between the relevant undertaking and the other undertakings on a just and reasonable basis.
4
Subsections (2) and (3) are subject to section 554Z20(7).
5
Section 554Q does not apply in any case in which the relevant step mentioned in section 554Q(2)(a) would be a step within this section taken by B.
6
Section 554R(6) does not apply in any case in which the relevant step mentioned in section 554R(6)(a) would be a step within this section taken by B.
7
In this Chapter references to providing security for the performance of an undertaking are references to providing such security in any way, however informal.
Pt. 7A inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 2 paras. 52-59 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 2 para. 1
Pt. 7A modified (16.11.2017) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 11 para. 35(6)
Pt. 7A modified (22.7.2020) by 2017 c. 32, Sch. 11 para. 1A(2)(6) (as inserted by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 16(3))
Pt. 7A modified (16.11.2017) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 11 para. 1(8)