Section 288 | Interpretation.

(1)In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—^{F1F2F3F4F5F6F7F8F9F10F11F12F13F14F15F16F17F18F19F20F21F22F23F24F25F26F27F28F29F30F31F32F33F34F35F36F37F38F39F40F41F42F43F44F45F46F47F48F49F50F51}

“the 1979 Act” means the Capital Gains Tax Act 1979;

“allowable loss” shall be construed in accordance with sections 8(2) , 16 , 16A , 261B, 261D and 263ZA;

“the Board” means the Commissioners of Inland Revenue;

“building society” has the same meaning as in the Building Societies Act 1986;

“the Capital Allowances Act” means the Capital Allowances Act 2001;

“chargeable period” means a year of assessment or an accounting period of a company for purposes of corporation tax;

“class”, in relation to shares or securities, means a class of shares or securities of any one company;

“close company” shall be construed in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part 10 of CTA 2010 (see in particular section 439) (subject to section 138ZA(6));

“collective investment scheme” has the meaning given by section 235 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (subject to section 99A);

“company” includes any body corporate or unincorporated association but does not include a partnership, and shall be construed in accordance with section 99;

“control” shall be construed in accordance with sections 450 and 451 of CTA 2010;

“CTA 2009” means the Corporation Tax Act 2009;

“CTA 2010” means the Corporation Tax Act 2010;

“disposal of a UK residential property interest” has the meaning given by Schedule B1;

“double taxation relief arrangements”—

(a)in relation to a company means arrangements that have effect under section 2(1) of TIOPA 2010 except so far as they have effect in relation to petroleum revenue tax, and

(b)in relation to any other person means arrangements that have effect under section 2(1) of TIOPA 2010 but only so far as they have effect in relation to capital gains tax;

“dual resident investing company” has the meaning given by section 404 of the Taxes Act;

“foreign employment election” means a claim under section 41M of ITEPA 2003;

“foreign gain claim” means a claim under paragraph 1 of Schedule D1;

“foreign income claim” means a claim under section 845A of ITTOIA 2005;

“inspector” means any inspector of taxes;

“investment trust” has the meaning given by section 1158 of CTA 2010;

“ITEPA 2003” means the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003;

“ITTOIA 2005” means the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005;

“ITA 2007” means the Income Tax Act 2007;

“land” includes messuages, tenements, and hereditaments, houses and buildings of any tenure;

“local authority” has the meaning given by section 999 of ITA 2007;

“the Management Act” means the Taxes Management Act 1970;

“net income” has the same meaning as in the Income Tax Acts (see section 989 of ITA 2007);

“notice” means notice in writing;

“NRCGT return” has the meaning given by section 12ZB(2) of the Management Act;

“offshore fund” has the meaning given in section 355 of TIOPA 2010 (but where two or more offshore funds make up a collective investment scheme they are to be treated as a single offshore fund subject to section 99A of this Act));

“participant”, in relation to a collective investment scheme, has the meaning given by section 103C(10);

“period of account” has the meaning given by section 989 of ITA 2007;

“permanent establishment”, in relation to a company, is to be read in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part 24 of CTA 2010;

“personal representatives” has the same meaning as in the Corporation Tax Acts (see section 1119 of CTA 2010);

“property investment LLP” has the meaning given by section 1004 of ITA 2007;

“qualifying new resident” has the meaning given by section 845B of ITTOIA 2005 (which sets out the circumstances in which an individual will be a qualifying new resident following a period of 10 years of non-residence);

“recognised stock exchange” has the meaning given by section 1005 of ITA 2007;

“registered pension scheme” has the meaning given by section 150(2) of the Finance Act 2004;

“Registrar of Government Stock” means the person or persons appointed in accordance with regulations under section 47(1)(b) of the Finance Act 1942 (see regulation 3 of the Government Stock Regulations 2004);

“resident” means resident in accordance with the statutory residence test in Part 1 of Schedule 45 to the Finance Act 2013;

“shares” includes stock;

“split year”, as respects an individual, means a tax year that, as respects that individual, is a split year within the meaning of Part 3 of Schedule 45 to the Finance Act 2013 (statutory residence test: split year treatment);

“stepchild”, in relation to a civil partner, shall be construed in accordance with section 246 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004;

“the Taxes Act” means the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988;

“TIOPA 2010” means the Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010;

“trade” has the same meaning as in the Income Tax Acts;

“trading stock” has the meaning given by section 163 of CTA 2009;

“the tribunal” means the First-tier Tribunal or, where determined by or under Tribunal Procedure Rules, the Upper Tribunal;

“UK property business” means—

(a)a UK property business within the meaning of the Income Tax Acts (see section 989 of ITA 2007), or

(b)a UK property business within the meaning of the Corporation Tax Acts (see section 1119 of CTA 2010);

“venture capital trust” has the same meaning as in Part 6 of ITA 2007;

“wasting asset” has the meaning given by section 44 and paragraph 1 of Schedule 8;

“year of assessment” means tax year;

and any reference to a particular section, Part or Schedule is a reference to that section or Part of, or that Schedule to, this Act.

(1ZA)In this Act and other enactments relating to capital gains tax “tax year” means a year beginning on 6 April and ending on the following 5 April; and “the tax year 2008-09” means the tax year beginning on 6 April 2008 (and any corresponding expression in which two years are similarly mentioned is to be read in the same way).^F52

(1ZB)A reference in this Act to “the overseas part” or “the UK part” of a split year is to be read in accordance with Part 3 of Schedule 45 to the Finance Act 2013 (statutory residence test: split year treatment).^F53

(1A)If any employment-related securities option would not otherwise be regarded as an option for the purposes of this Act, it shall be so regarded; and the acquisition of securities by an associated person pursuant to an employment-related securities option is to be treated for the purposes of this Act as the exercise of the option. In this subsection “employment-related securities option” means a securities option within the meaning of Chapter 5 of Part 7 of ITEPA 2003 (see section 420(8) of that Act) to which that Chapter applies ... (see section 471 of that Act); and other expressions used in this subsection and that Chapter have the same meaning in this subsection as in that Chapter.^F54F55F56

(2)In this Act “retail prices index” has the same meaning as in the Income Tax Acts and, accordingly, any reference in this Act to the retail prices index shall be construed in accordance with section 989 of ITA 2007.^F57

(2A)In this Act “consumer prices index” means the all items consumer prices index published by the Statistics Board.^F58

(3)References in this Act to an individual living with his spouse or civil partner (however expressed) shall be construed in accordance with section 1011 of ITA 2007.^F59F60F61

(3A)For the purposes of this Act, the following are “the no gain/no loss provisions”—^F62

(a)sections 58, 73, 139, 140A, 140E, 171, 211, 211B, 215, 216, 217A, 217D, 218 to 220, 257(3), 258(4), 264 and 267(2) of this Act;^F62F63F64F65

(b)section 148 of the 1979 Act;^F62

(c)section 148 of the Finance Act 1982;^F62

(d)section 130(3) of the Transport Act 1985;^F62

(e)Repealed^F66F62

(f)paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 7 to the Broadcasting Act 1996;^F62

(g)paragraphs 3 and 9 of Schedule 26 to the Transport Act 2000;^F62

(h)paragraphs 3, 18, 29 and 32 of Schedule 9 to the Energy Act 2004;^F62

(i)paragraph 9 of Schedule 4 to the Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007;^F62

(j)Schedule 7 to the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008;^F62F67

(k)paragraph 4 of Schedule 4 to the Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011;^F62F68

(l)paragraph 1(2) or 4 of Schedule 2 to the Postal Services Act 2011;^F62F69

(m)paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 24 to the Localism Act 2011.^F62F70

(4)Repealed^F71

(5)For the purposes of this Act, shares or debentures comprised in any letter of allotment or similar instrument shall be treated as issued unless the right to the shares or debentures thereby conferred remains provisional until accepted and there has been no acceptance.

(5A)References in this Act to shares or securities which are listed on a recognised stock exchange shall be construed in accordance with subsections (3) and (4) of section 1005 of ITA 2007.^F72

(5B)References in this Act to shares or securities which are included in the official UK list shall be construed in accordance with subsection (5) of that section.^F72

(6)In this Act “recognised futures exchange” means the London International Financial Futures Exchange and any other futures exchange which is for the time being designated for the purposes of this Act by order made by the Board.

(7)An order made by the Board under subsection (6) above—

(a)may designate a futures exchange by name or by reference to any class or description of futures exchanges, including, in the case of futures exchanges in a country outside the United Kingdom, a class or description framed by reference to any authority or approval given in that country; and

(b)may contain such transitional and other supplemental provisions as appear to the Board to be necessary or expedient.

(7A)In the application of this Act to Scotland “surrender” includes renunciation.^F73

(7B)For the purposes of this Act, a person is Treaty non-resident at any time if, at that time, he falls to be regarded as resident in a territory outside the United Kingdom for the purposes of double taxation relief arrangements having effect at that time.^F74

(8)The Table below indexes other general definitions in this Act.^{F75F76F77F78F79F80F81F82F83}