Introduction Overview Chapter 9: Leaving the UK REIT regime Section 578: Automatic termination for breach of certain conditions in section 528
1815.This section provides that the UK REIT regime automatically terminates if condition A, B, E or F in section 528 is breached. The company which gave notice under section 523 or 524 must notify an officer of Revenue and Customs of the breach. The section is based on sections 130 and 134(1) of, and paragraphs 4 and 23 of Schedule 17 to, FA 2006.
1816.Subsection (3) requires the notice to be given to an “officer of Revenue and Customs” rather than to “the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs”. See Change5 in Annex 1.