Finance Act, 1990

Application of section 60 (relief in respect of certain policies of insurance) of Finance Act, 1985 .

130.—For the purposes of section 60 of the Finance Act, 1985 , “relevant tax” shall be deemed to include inheritance tax payable in respect of an inheritance taken under a disposition made by the spouse of the insured—

(a) where the inheritance is taken on the date of death of the insured, or

(b) where the inheritance is taken only in the event of the insured not surviving the spouse by a period of up to 31 days,

and the relevant qualifying insurance policy is—

(i) a policy of insurance within the meaning of paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (1A) of that section (inserted by section 84 of the Finance Act, 1989 ), or

(ii) a policy of insurance where the insured is an individual and the proceeds of the policy are payable only on the contingency of the insured surviving that spouse.