Finance Act, 1992

Amendment of section 106 (acquisitions by discretionary trusts) of Finance Act, 1984.

224.—(1) Section 106 of the Finance Act, 1984 , is hereby amended—

(a) in subsection (1) (as amended by the Finance Act, 1985 ), by the substitution of “21 years” for “25 years” in paragraph (c), and

(b) by the insertion after subsection (2) of the following subsection—

“(2A) Property which, under or in consequence of any disposition, is subject to a discretionary trust on the 31st day of January, 1993, shall, for the purposes of subsection (1), be deemed to become subject to the trust on that date.”.

(2) Subsection (1)(a) shall have effect in relation to property which becomes subject to a discretionary trust on or after the 31st day of January, 1993.