Finance Act, 1998

Amendment of Chapter 1 (transfer of assets abroad) of Part 33 of Principal Act.

12.—(1) Chapter 1 of Part 33 of the Principal Act is hereby amended—

(a) in section 806—

(i) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “individuals resident or ordinarily resident in the State” for “individuals ordinarily resident in the State”, and

(ii) by the insertion of the following after subsection (5):

“(5A) Nothing in subsection (3) shall be taken to imply that the provisions of subsections (4) and (5) apply only if—

(a) the individual in question was resident or ordinarily resident in the State at the time when the transfer was made, or

(b) the avoidance of liability to income tax is the purpose, or one of the purposes, for which the transfer was effected.”,

and

(b) in section 808, in paragraph (a) of subsection (4), by the substitution of “an individual resident or ordinarily resident in the State” for “an individual ordinarily resident in the State”.

(2) This section shall apply irrespective of when the transfer or associated operations took place but shall apply only to income arising on or after the 12th day of February, 1998.