Finance Act 2022

Amendment of section 743 of Principal Act (material interest in offshore funds)

36. Section 743 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1)(b), by the substitution of “subject to subsection (1B), a unit trust scheme” for “a unit trust scheme”, and

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1A):

“(1B) (a) In this subsection, ‘relevant Member State’ means—

(i) a state, other than the State, which is a Member State of the European Union, or

(ii) not being such a Member State, a state which is a contracting party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2 May 1992, as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17 March 1993.

(b) A unit trust scheme referred in subsection (1)(b) shall not include a unit trust scheme—

(i) which is or is deemed to be an authorised unit trust scheme (within the meaning of the Unit Trusts Act 1990 ) and has not had its authorisation under that Act revoked,

(ii) the trustee of which is resident in a relevant Member State and provides the services of a trustee to the unit trust scheme through a branch in the State, and

(iii) the general administration of which is ordinarily carried on in the State.”.