3636.This paragraph reflects the commencement provisions for the source legislation which introduced the provision rewritten as condition C in section 467(5). It is based on section 547(4A) of ICTA.
3637.Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) define the policies and contracts, gains from which benefit from this exception to the scope of section 467, and disapply the exception in sub-paragraph (1) if the policy or contract is varied in certain ways. (See the commentary above on the similar provision in paragraph 96 (pre-20th March 1968 policies and contracts excluded from Chapter 9 of Part 4).) These sub-paragraphs are based on paragraph 12 of Schedule 34 to FA 2003.
3638.Sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) incorporate a correction to the source legislation, so that it applies in the case of a life annuity contract as it does in the case of a policy of life insurance or a capital redemption policy. Paragraph 12(4)(a) of Schedule 34 to FA 2003 finishes with the words “(any exercise of rights conferred by the policy being regarded for this purpose as a variation)”. It should refer to the policy or contract.
3639.No distinction between policies and contracts was intended and it is clear from the opening words of paragraph 12 of Schedule 34 to FA 2003, which refer to “A policy or contract”, that both are in mind. This paragraph makes clear that, if rights conferred by a contract for a life annuity made before 9 April 2003 are exercised on or after that date, the contract is regarded as having been varied. These sub-paragraphs are based on paragraph 12 of Schedule 34 to FA 2003.