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Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988

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552B Duties of overseas insurers’ tax representatives.

(1) It shall be the duty of an overseas insurer’s tax representative to secure (where appropriate by acting on the overseas insurer’s behalf) that the relevant duties are discharged by or on behalf of the overseas insurer. (2) For the purposes of this section “the relevant duties” are— (a) the duties imposed by section 552, (b) the duties imposed by section 552ZA(2), (4) or (5), . . . (c) any duties imposed by regulations made under subsection (6) of section 552ZA by virtue of subsection (7) of that section, and (d) any duties imposed by regulations under section 552ZB, so far as relating to relevant insurances under which the overseas insurer in question has any obligations. (3) An overseas insurer’s tax representative shall be personally liable— (a) in respect of any failure to secure the discharge of the relevant duties, and (b) in respect of anything done for purposes connected with acting on the overseas insurer’s behalf, as if the relevant duties were imposed jointly and severally on the tax representative and the overseas insurer. (4) In the application of this section in relation to any particular tax representative, it is immaterial whether any particular relevant duty arose before or after his appointment. (5) This section has effect in relation to relevant duties relating to chargeable events happening on or after the day by which section 552A(6) requires the nomination of the overseas insurer’s first tax representative to be made. (5A) In subsection (5) “chargeable event” has the same meaning as in section 552 (see subsection (10) of that section). (6) Expressions used in this section and in section 552A have the same meaning in this section as they have in that section.

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552B Duties of overseas insurers’ tax representatives.

(1) It shall be the duty of an overseas insurer’s tax representative to secure (where appropriate by acting on the overseas insurer’s behalf) that the relevant duties are discharged by or on behalf of the overseas insurer. (2) For the purposes of this section “the relevant duties” are— (a) the duties imposed by section 552, (b) the duties imposed by section 552ZA(2), (4) or (5), . . . (c) any duties imposed by regulations made under subsection (6) of section 552ZA by virtue of subsection (7) of that section, and (d) any duties imposed by regulations under section 552ZB, so far as relating to relevant insurances under which the overseas insurer in question has any obligations. (3) An overseas insurer’s tax representative shall be personally liable— (a) in respect of any failure to secure the discharge of the relevant duties, and (b) in respect of anything done for purposes connected with acting on the overseas insurer’s behalf, as if the relevant duties were imposed jointly and severally on the tax representative and the overseas insurer. (4) In the application of this section in relation to any particular tax representative, it is immaterial whether any particular relevant duty arose before or after his appointment. (5) This section has effect in relation to relevant duties relating to chargeable events happening on or after the day by which section 552A(6) requires the nomination of the overseas insurer’s first tax representative to be made. (5A) In subsection (5) “chargeable event” has the same meaning as in section 552 (see subsection (10) of that section). (6) Expressions used in this section and in section 552A have the same meaning in this section as they have in that section.

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