§ Resolved,
§ That—
§
(1) In section 54 of the Finance Act 1989 the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (2)—
(2A) In a case where—
(a) a payment is made in respect of a premium under a contract at a time when the contract meets the requirement in subsection (2) above by virtue of paragraph (c) of that subsection, and
(b) a payment is made under the same contract at a time after one of the individuals has died and when the contract does not (apart from this subsection) meet the requirement in subsection (2) above by virtue only of the fact that the surviving spouse is not aged 60 or over at the time,
for the purposes of subsection (2) above in its application to the contract the surviving spouse shall be deemed to be aged 60 or over at the time mentioned in paragraph (b) above."
§ (2) This Resolution shall apply where the first or only payment to be made in respect of a premium under the contract after the death occurs is made on or after 6th April 1994.
§ And it is hereby declared that it is expedient in the public interest that this Resolution should have statutory effect under the provisions of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968.