SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 45U.K.Statutory residence test

PART 1U.K.The rules

The automatic overseas testsU.K.

16(1)The fifth automatic overseas test is that—U.K.

(a)P dies in year X,

(b)P was resident in the UK for neither of the 2 tax years preceding year X because P met the third automatic overseas test for each of those years or, alternatively, P's case falls within sub-paragraph (2), and

(c)P would meet the third automatic overseas test for year X if paragraph 14 were read with the relevant modifications.

(2)P's case falls within this sub-paragraph if—

(a)P was not resident in the UK for the tax year preceding year X because P met the third automatic overseas test for that year, and

(b)the tax year before that was a split year as respects P because the circumstances of the case fell within Case 1 (see Part 3 of this Schedule).

(3)The relevant modifications of paragraph 14 are—

(a)in sub-paragraph (1)(a) and (b) and sub-paragraph (3), for “year X” read “the period from the start of year X up to and including the day before the day of P's death”, and

(b)in step 3 of sub-paragraph (3), for “365 (or 366 if year X includes 29 February)” read “the number of days in the period from the start of year X up to and including the day before the day of P's death”.