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                      ”</InlineAmendment>, and</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/11/section/56/2/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/11/section/56/2/b" id="section-56-2-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>after Type 3 insert—</Text><BlockAmendment TargetClass="unknown" TargetSubClass="unknown" Context="unknown" Format="default"><Text><Emphasis>Type 3A</Emphasis>
                         The amount of tax at the nominal rate on any amount in respect of which—
                        </Text><P3><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the trustees are liable to income tax under section 467 of <Acronym Expansion="Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act">ITTOIA</Acronym> 2005 (gains from contracts for life insurance <Abbreviation Expansion="Et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc</Abbreviation>),</Text></P3para></P3><P3><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>the trustees are liable to income tax at the trust rate by virtue of section 482 above, and</Text></P3para></P3><P3><Pnumber>c</Pnumber><P3para><Text>tax at the savings rate is treated as having been paid by virtue of section 530 of ITTOIA 2005 (life insurance).</Text></P3para></P3></BlockAmendment></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/11/section/56/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/11/section/56/3" id="section-56-3"><Pnumber>3</Pnumber><P2para><Text>After subsection (2) insert—</Text><BlockAmendment TargetClass="primary" TargetSubClass="unknown" Context="main" Format="default"><P2><Pnumber>2A</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In relation to Type 3A, the reference to the nominal rate is a reference to a rate equal to the difference between the trust rate and the savings rate.</Text></P2para></P2></BlockAmendment></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/11/section/56/4" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2007/11/section/56/4" id="section-56-4"><Pnumber>4</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The amendments made by this section have effect in relation to gains arising to the trustees of a settlement on or after 6th April 2007.</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary></Legislation>