Income Tax Citation, commencement and effect 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Individual Savings Account (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on 11th August 2009. 2 Regulation 5 has effect from 8th October 2008. Amendments to the Individual Savings Account Regulations 1998 2 The Individual Savings Account Regulations 1998 are amended as follows. 3 In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)— a in sub-paragraph (a)— i in the definition of “company” , for paragraph (ii) substitute— ii a UK UCITS , recognised UCITS or non-UCITS retail scheme, ii in the definition of “ EEA Agreement” at the end add “, as modified or supplemented from time to time”; b in sub-paragraph (b)— i omit the definitions of a “Chapter 5 UCITS” and “UCITS” (with its associated expressions); ii in the definition of “non-UCITS retail scheme” for “Sections 5.1, 5.4 and 5.6 of that Sourcebook” substitute “COLL 5.1, 5.4 and 5.6”; iii for the definition of a “relevant UCITS” substitute— “recognised UCITS” means— a collective investment scheme constituted in an EEA State, which is a “recognised scheme” under section 264 of FISMA 2000 , and complies with the requirements to be a “UCITS scheme” for the purposes of the Collective Investment Schemes Sourcebook (see in particular COLL 1.2.2); or a part of a recognised UCITS mentioned in paragraph (a) of this definition, which would be a sub-fund of an umbrella scheme which is a recognised UCITS; ; iv in the definition of “units in, or shares of, a UCITS” , before “UCITS” (in both places it appears), insert “UK UCITS or recognised”; v add at the appropriate places— “collective investment scheme” has the meaning in section 235 of FISMA 2000; “FISMA 2000” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 ; “UK UCITS” means— a collective investment scheme authorised under section 31(1)(a) of FISMA 2000, which complies with the requirements to be a “UCITS scheme” for the purposes of the Collective Investment Schemes Sourcebook (see in particular COLL 1.2.2); or a part of a UK UCITS mentioned in paragraph (a) of this definition which would be a sub-fund of an umbrella scheme which is a UK UCITS; . 4 In regulation 4 (general conditions for accounts) add at the end— 8 Where an account holds units in or shares of a UK UCITS, recognised UCITS or non-UCITS retail scheme, and dealings in the units or shares are suspended in accordance with Rule 7.2 of the Collective Investment Schemes Sourcebook (COLL 7.2), or any direct foreign equivalent of that Rule, the business period in paragraph (7) may be extended to 7 days after the end of such suspension. 5 For regulation 5A substitute— Treatment of sums held in accounts managed by Icesave Bank 5A 1 This regulation applies if— a at 8th October 2008, an account investor had an investment in an account (“the Icesave account”) for which the account manager was Landsbanki Islands hf (trading as Icesave); b compensation is paid in respect of that investment by (or through) the Financial Services Compensation Scheme ; and c the account investor receives from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme a certificate containing the following information— i the account investor’s full name; ii his or her permanent address, including postcode; iii his or her date of birth; iv his or her national insurance number (if any); v the Icesave account number; vi the date on which the account was suspended; vii the amount in the account (capital and interest) at the date of suspension; viii the date of the first subscription (if any) to the account in the year 2008-09; and ix the aggregate of the subscriptions made to the account in the year 2008-09 on or before 8th October 2008 (“current year subscriptions”). 2 Where this regulation applies, the account investor may, not later than 5 th October 2009, make a single subscription to an account held by him or her with another account manager (“the receiving account”), giving the certificate to the account manager, in accordance with the following paragraphs. 3 Where the subscription to the receiving account is made during the year 2008-09, the amount subscribed under this regulation may not exceed: X minus Y where X is the closing balance in the Icesave account (see paragraph (1)(c)(vii)), and Y is the amount (if any) by which the aggregate of— a the current year subscriptions (if any) made to the Icesave account (see paragraph (1)(c)(ix)), and b the subscriptions (if any) made to the receiving account by the account investor in the year 2008-09 (ignoring the subscription made under this regulation), would otherwise exceed the subscription limit for the year 2008-09 in regulation 4(3). Paragraphs (4) to (6) shall also apply to a subscription made under this regulation during the year 2008-09. 4 The subscription made under this regulation shall only count towards the subscription limit in regulation 4(3) to the extent that the current year subscriptions (if any) made to the Icesave account exceed Y (or where there is no amount for Y, exceed nil). 5 Where the receiving account is a stocks and shares account— a the references in paragraphs (3) and (4) to the subscription limit in regulation 4(3) shall be read as references to the subscription limit in regulation 4(2); and b the current year subscriptions (if any) made to the Icesave account shall be treated, for all purposes including regulation 31(3)(c), as if they had been made to the stocks and shares account, and accordingly shall not count towards the cash subscription limit in regulation 4(3). 6 The account manager for the receiving account must— a in the case of a subscription made under this regulation to the account in the year 2008-09, treat the subscription in the same way as an account transferred from another account manager to him during the year 2008-09; and b retain either the certificate mentioned in paragraph (2), or a copy of it. 7 Where the subscription to the receiving account is made during the year 2009-10 (but not later than 5th October 2009), the amount subscribed under this regulation— a may not exceed X (see paragraph (3)), and b shall not count towards the subscription limits in regulation 4(2) or (3), and paragraph (6) (omitting sub-paragraph (a)) shall also apply to that subscription. 6 In regulation 7(2)(f) (qualifying investments for a stocks and shares component) for “relevant UCITS or Chapter 5 UCITS” substitute “UK UCITS or recognised UCITS”. 7 For regulation 12(7) substitute — 7 Where the application is not in writing or the manager operates a record system under which all original written applications are not retained, the account manager shall make the written declaration referred to in paragraph (3)(g)(iv) and notify the applicant of its contents. 7A Any such declaration shall take effect from the date on which it was made (subject to any corrections notified by the applicant to the manager within 30 days), and if he does not disagree with the contents within 30 days, he shall be treated as having agreed them. 8 In regulation 21 — a in paragraph (5) omit “and the declaration” to the end; and b omit paragraph (7). 9 In regulation 31(4)(a) — a in paragraph (i) for “UCITS” substitute “UK UCITS, recognised UCITS or non-UCITS retail scheme”; and b in paragraph (v) for “relevant UCITS” substitute “recognised UCITS, or non-UCITS retail scheme (constituted outside the United Kingdom)”. Tony Cunningham Dave Watts Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 20th July 2009