Section 83 | Schemes and arrangements referred to in section 82(4)

(1)For the purposes of section 82(4), a scheme or arrangement is within this section if it is within subsection (2) or (4).

(2)A scheme or arrangement is within this subsection if—

(a)it is not an underlying-tax scheme or arrangement, and

(b)one or more of sections 84 to 88 apply to it.

(3)For the purposes of this section, a scheme or arrangement is an “underlying-tax” scheme or arrangement if its main purpose, or one of its main purposes, is to cause an amount of underlying tax allowable in respect of a dividend paid by an overseas-resident body corporate to be taken into account in a person's case.

(4)A scheme or arrangement is within this subsection if—

(a)it is an underlying-tax scheme or arrangement, and

(b)one or more of sections 84 to 88 would, on the assumption in subsection (5), apply to it.

(5)The assumption is that the body corporate is resident in the United Kingdom.

(6)Nothing in subsection (5) requires it to be assumed that there is any change in the place or places at which the body corporate carries on its activities.

(7)In subsection (3) “overseas-resident” means resident in a territory outside the United Kingdom.