Introduction Overview Chapter 9: Leaving the UK REIT regime Section 577: Notice under section 572: multiple breaches of conditions in Chapter 2
1811.This section provides that if there are multiple breaches of certain Chapter 2 conditions, an officer of Revenue and Customs may issue a notice under section 572 to terminate the UK REIT regime. It is based on sections 129(2) and (3) and 134(1) of FA 2006.
1812.Subsection (1) requires the notice to be given by an “officer of Revenue and Customs” rather than by “the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs”. See Change 5 in Annex 1.
1813.This section enacts regulation 8 of SI 2006/2864. See Change 43in Annex 1.
1814.Subsection (7)(a) provides that if a member of a group UK REIT or a company UK REIT becomes a member of a pre-existing group UK REIT, and by doing so fails to satisfy condition C (shares are listed) or condition D (not a close company) in section 528, the breaches are ignored.