Finance Act 2012

Amendment of section 21B (tax treatment of certain dividends) of Principal Act.

53.— (1) Section 21B of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (1)(a) by substituting the following for the definition of “relevant territory”:

“ ‘relevant territory’ means—

(i) a Member State of the European Communities,

(ii) not being such a Member State, a territory with the government of which arrangements having the force of law by virtue of section 826(1) have been made,

(iii) not being a territory referred to in subparagraph (i) or (ii), a territory with the government of which arrangements have been made which on completion of the procedures set out in section 826(1) will have the force of law, or

(iv) not being a territory referred to in subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii), a territory the government of which has ratified the Convention referred to in section 826(1C);”.

(2) This section shall apply to dividends received on or after 1 January 2012.