Part 4 U.K. Savings and investment income

Chapter 9 U.K. Gains from contracts for life insurance etc.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 4 Ch. 9 applied (with modifications) by The Individual Savings Account Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1870), reg. 36 (as added by S.I. 1998/3174, reg. 12 and as amended (6.4.2008) by S.I. 2008/704, regs. 1, 17(4))

C2 Pt. 4 Ch. 9 applied (with modifications) by The Child Trust Funds Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1450), reg. 38 (as amended (6.4.2010) by S.I. 2010/582, regs. 1, 18)

C3 Pt. 4 Ch. 9: power to exclude conferred (with effect in accordance with s. 148 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), s. 61(4) (with s. 147, Sch. 17)

Policies and contracts to which Chapter 9 applies U.K.

478 Exclusion of mortgage repayment policies U.K.

(1) This Chapter does not apply to a mortgage repayment policy.

(2) In this section “mortgage repayment policy” means a policy of life insurance with the sole object of providing, on an individual's death or disability, a sum substantially the same as any amount then outstanding under a repayment mortgage—

(a) of the individual's residence, or

(b) of any premises occupied by the individual for the purposes of a business.

(3) In this section “repayment mortgage” means a mortgage securing a principal amount which is repayable by instalments payable annually or at shorter regular intervals.