Section 46A: Contract of life insurance entered into before 22nd March 2006 which on that day is settled property in which interest in possession subsists, Inheritance Tax Act 1984

Subsections (2) and (4) below apply where—

a settlement commenced before 22nd March 2006,

a contract of life insurance was entered into before that day,

a premium payable under the contract is paid, or an allowed variation is made to the contract, at a particular time on or after that day,

immediately before that day, and at all subsequent times up to the particular time, there were rights under the contract that—

were comprised in the settlement, and

were settled property in which a transitionally-protected interest (whether or not the same such interest throughout that period) subsisted,

rights under the contract become, by reference to payment of the premium or as a result of the variation,—

comprised in the settlement, and

part of the settled property in which the then-current transitionally-protected interest subsists, and

any variation of the contract on or after 22nd March 2006 but before the particular time, so far as it is a variation that—

increased the benefits secured by the contract, or

extended the term of the insurance provided by the contract,

was an allowed variation.

For the purposes of the provisions mentioned in subsection (3) below—

the rights mentioned in subsection (1)(e) above shall be taken to have become comprised in the settlement, and

the person beneficially entitled to the then-current transitionally-protected interest shall be taken to have become beneficially entitled to his interest in possession so far as it subsists in those rights,

before 22nd March 2006.

Those provisions are—

section 3A(2) above;
section 5(1A) above;
section 49(1A) and (1B) below;
section 51(1A) and (1B) below;
section 52(2A) and (3A) below;
section 53(1A) and (2A) below;
section 54(2A) and (2B) below;
section 54A(1A) below;
section 57A(1A) below;
section 58(1B) and (1C) below;
section 59(1) and (2) below;
section 80(4) below;
section 100(1A) below;
section 101(1A) below;
section 102ZA(1) of the Finance Act 1986 (gifts with reservation); and
sections 72(1A) and (2A) and 73(2A) of the 1992 Act.

If payment of the premium is a transfer of value made by an individual, that transfer of value is a potentially exempt transfer.

In this section—

"allowed variation", in relation to a contract, means a variation that takes place by operation of, or as a result of exercise of rights conferred by, provisions forming part of the contract immediately before 22nd March 2006;
"transitionally-protected interest" means—
(a)an interest in possession to which a person was beneficially entitled immediately before, and on, 22nd March 2006, or
(b)a transitional serial interest.

Section 46A: Contract of life insurance entered into before 22nd March 2006 which on that day is settled property in which interest in possession subsists

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