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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


2005 No. 1466

CARIBBEAN AND NORTH ATLANTIC TERRITORIES

The Montserrat Reporting of Savings Income Information Order 2005

  Made 7th June 2005 
  Laid before Parliament 20th June 2005 
  Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2)

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 7th day of June 2005

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by sections 5 and 7 of the West Indies Act 1962[1], and of all other relevant enabling powers, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:



PART 1

Introductory Provisions

Citation and commencement
     1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Montserrat Reporting of Savings Income Information Order 2005.

    (2) This Order shall come into force on such day, being not earlier than 1st July 2005, as may be notified by the Governor in the Montserrat Gazette.

Extent of the Order
    
2. This Order extends to Montserrat.

Interpretation
    
3. —(1) In this Order—

    (2) In this Order—

subject to the qualification in article 17;

    (3) For the purposes of this Order a person makes savings income payments to another person if the person—

    (4) In this Order "economic operator" shall be construed in accordance with Article 4 of the European Savings Directive.

    (5) In this Order a reference (without more) to an article is a reference to the article of this Order bearing that number.

Meaning of paying agent
     4. A paying agent is a person who—

Here a "person" includes any officer in any public office or in any government department and any savings income payments made by such a person will be treated as if the payment were made in the course of that person's business or profession.

Meaning of residual entity
    
5. —(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a residual entity is an entity established in a member State or in Montserrat other than an entity—

    (2) In paragraph (1)(a) a legal person excludes—

    (3) A paying agent shall regard an entity as a residual entity unless the paying agent has reason to believe, on the basis of official evidence produced by the entity to the paying agent, that any sub-paragraph of paragraph (1) applies.

    (4) An entity which presents to the paying agent or economic operator a certificate issued by the relevant territory in which that entity is established to the effect that it is to be treated as if it were a UCITS authorised in accordance with the European UCITS Directive shall be treated as such for the purposes of this article.

Here "relevant territory" means, as the case requires, a member State or Montserrat.

Meaning of receiving agent
    
6. A receiving agent is an entity—

Meaning of relevant payee
    
7. —(1) The agent shall regard a person as a relevant payee if he is an individual—

unless he provides evidence to the agent that the payment is not received or secured for his own benefit because of one of the reasons listed in paragraph (2).

    (2) The reasons referred to in paragraph (1) are that the individual—

    (3) An individual who provides evidence that he is acting on behalf of a residual entity must in addition provide the name and address of that residual entity to the agent.

    (4) An individual who provides evidence that he acts on behalf of another individual must in addition provide the agent with the name and address, and where appropriate the tax identification number or date and place of birth, of that individual. The individual providing the evidence must obtain and verify this information in accordance with article 9.

    (5) If the agent has information, which suggests that the individual who receives a savings income payment or for whom a savings income payment is secured may not be the relevant payee for the reason referred to in paragraph (2)(d), then paragraph (6) applies.

    (6) The agent must take reasonable steps to establish who is the relevant payee and if the agent is unable to identify the relevant payee, he shall treat the individual who receives a savings income payment or for whom a savings income payment is secured as the relevant payee.

Meaning of savings income
    
8. —(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) to (6) and (8) savings income is—

    (2) In paragraph (1) "interest"—

    (3) In respect of savings income described in paragraph (1)(b), where an agent has no information concerning the amount of interest which is accrued or capitalised at the sale, refund or redemption of a money debt, the total amount of the proceeds of the sale, redemption or refund is savings income.

    (4) In respect of savings income described in paragraphs (1)(c), where an agent has no information concerning the proportion of income which derives from interest the total amount of the income is savings income.

    (5) In respect of savings income described in paragraphs (1)(c) and (d), subject to paragraph (9)—

    (6) In respect of savings income described in paragraph (1)(d)—

    (7) From 1st January 2011 paragraphs (1)(d) and (6)(a) shall have the effect with the substitution of "25% " for "40% ".

    (8) Subject to paragraph (9)—

    (9) In the application of paragraphs (5) and (8), where the agent cannot ascertain whether or not the collective investment fund or residual entity, as appropriate, has invested 15% or less of its assets in money debts in accordance with those provisions, there is savings income.

    (10) The percentages referred to in this article shall be determined by reference to the investment policy as laid down in the fund rules or instruments of incorporation of the collective investment fund or residual entity concerned and, failing which, by reference to the actual composition of the assets of the collective investment fund or residual entity.

    (11) In this article a "collective investment fund" is—

This is subject to the following qualification.

If a collective investment fund provides arrangements for separate pooling of the contributions of the participants and the profits or income out of which payments are to be made to them and under which participants are entitled to exchange rights in one pool for rights in another, each separate pool shall be treated as a separate collective investment fund.



PART 2

Information to be obtained, verified and reported

Identity and residence of relevant payees
    
9. —(1) Where—

the agent must establish the identity and country of residence of that individual in accordance with this article.

    (2) Subject to the conditions set out in this article, for the purposes of this article the country of residence means the country where the individual has his permanent address.

    (3) Where contractual relations between the agent and the individual are entered into before 1st January 2004 the agent must verify the name, address and country of residence of the individual by using the information at its disposal, including information obtained pursuant to any law for the time being in force in Montserrat relating to money laundering.

    (4) Where contractual relations between the agent and the individual are entered into, or transactions are carried out in the absence of contractual relations, on or after 1st January 2004, the agent shall obtain and verify—

    (5) The information in paragraph (4)(a) shall be verified by the presentation by the individual of his passport or official identity card to the agent.

    (6) If the address does not appear on that passport or official identity card, it shall be verified by the presentation by the individual of any other documentary proof of identity to the agent.

    (7) If the tax identification number is not mentioned on the passport, official identity card or any other documentary proof of identity presented by the individual, the agent shall instead verify the individual's date and place of birth on the basis of his passport or official identity card.

    (8) Subject to paragraph (9), the country of residence of the individual shall be determined on the basis of his address verified in accordance with paragraphs (5) and (6).

    (9) Where the individual declares his country of residence to be in a country other than a member State—

    (10) The individual may present a certified copy of any of the documents referred to in this article.

Here "certified copy" means a copy certified or otherwise authenticated in such manner as would make it admissible in evidence in proceedings before a court.

    (11) In this article—

Information to be reported to the Inland Revenue Department by paying agents making payments to relevant payees
    
10. —(1) When a paying agent makes a savings income payment for the immediate benefit of a relevant payee the information prescribed by paragraph (2) must be reported by the paying agent to the Inland Revenue Department in accordance with article 14.

    (2) The information prescribed is—

Information to be reported to the Inland Revenue Department by paying agents making payments to residual entities
    
11. —(1) When a paying agent makes a savings income payment to a residual entity established in a member State the information prescribed by paragraph (2) must be reported by the paying agent to the Inland Revenue Department in accordance with article 14.

    (2) The information prescribed is—

Information to be reported to the Inland Revenue Department by receiving agents
    
12. —(1) When a receiving agent receives or secures savings income the information prescribed by paragraph (2), in respect of each relevant payee the savings income is attributable to, must be reported by the receiving agent to the Inland Revenue Department in accordance with article 14.

    (2) The information prescribed is—

Amount of savings income to be reported to the Inland Revenue Department
    
13. —(1) The information concerning the savings income prescribed by paragraph (2) must be reported by the agent to the Inland Revenue Department.

    (2) The agent shall identify under which of the following three categories he is reporting the savings income and where the savings income is of the type prescribed by—

    (3) Where the agent has reported savings income under sub-paragraph (a) or (c) of paragraph (2) no further report of the same savings income is required under sub-paragraph (b) of that paragraph.



PART 3

Reporting the information and penalties

Reports by paying and receiving agents to the Inland Revenue Department
    
14. —(1) A paying agent or receiving agent who is required to report information to the Inland Revenue Department in accordance with this Order must make and deliver the report to the Department within 14 days of the end of the tax year in which—

unless he has received a notice from the Department under paragraph (4) to provide a return in respect of that year.

    (2) The agent must make a separate report in respect of each relevant payee.

    (3) The report must include all the information prescribed by this Order in respect of—

during that tax year and specify the tax year to which the report relates.

    (4) The Inland Revenue Department shall send a notice under paragraph (5) to—

    (5) A notice under this paragraph shall specify—

The time at which information is required to be delivered shall be not earlier than 30 days after the delivery of the notice.

    (6) In the application of this article to the tax year beginning on 1st January 2005, any savings income paid or received before 1st July 2005 shall be disregarded.

Offences by paying and receiving agents
    
15. A paying agent or receiving agent who fails to comply with a requirement imposed under article 14 shall be guilty of an offence and liable upon summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $6,000.



PART 4

Audit

Audit and related issues
    
16. —(1) An officer of the Inland Revenue Department may by notice require an agent, or a person who appears to him to be an agent, to furnish him within such time, not being less than 14 days, as may be provided by the notice, such information (including copies of any relevant books, documents or other records) as he may reasonably require for the purposes of determining whether information contained in a report under this Order by that agent or person, as appropriate, was correct and complete.

    (2) An agent or person, as appropriate, required to make and deliver a report under this Order shall, whenever required to do so within the period specified in paragraph (4)(c), make available for inspection by on officer of the Inland Revenue Department, at such time as that officer may reasonably require, all such copies of books, documents or other records in his possession or under his control as may be required by an officer of that Department under paragraph (1).

    (3) An agent or person, as appropriate, required to make and deliver a report under this Order shall retain, for the period specified in paragraph (4), all such books, documents and other records copies of which he may be required to make available for inspection under paragraph (2).

The documents to be retained under this paragraph include copies of the documents presented by relevant payees in accordance with article 9.

    (4) The period specified is—

Offences
    
17. —(1) A paying agent or receiving agent who fails to comply with a requirement imposed under or paragraph (1) or (2) of article 16 shall be guilty of an offence and liable upon summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $8,000.

    (2) A paying agent or receiving agent who fails to take all reasonable steps—

shall be guilty of an offence and liable upon summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $3,000.



PART 5

Transitional provisions

Transitional provisions – negotiable debt securities
    
18. —(1) Until 31st December 2010 negotiable debt securities to which paragraph (2) applies shall not be considered to be money debts.

    (2) This paragraph applies to negotiable debt securities—

    (3) Where a further issue is made on or after 1st March 2002 of negotiable debt securities described in paragraphs (2)(a) and (b) issued by a Government or a related entity acting as a public authority or whose role is recognised by an international treaty, as defined in the Schedule, the entire issue of such security, consisting of the original issue and any further issue, shall be considered a money debt.

    (4) If a further issue is made on or after 1st March 2002 of a negotiable debt security described in paragraphs (2)(a) and (b) issued by a person not referred to in paragraph (3), such further issue shall be considered a money debt.

    (5) Where an agent cannot ascertain whether paragraphs (2) to (4) apply the entire issue of the negotiable debt security shall be considered a money debt.

    (6) A negotiable debt security is a security that can be transferred from one creditor to another without the approval of the debtor.



PART 6

Interaction with other law in Montserrat

Relationship with other law in Montserrat
    
19. —(1) The provisions of this Order shall have effect notwithstanding any other law in force in Montserrat, including, in particular, the Banking Act and the Confidential Information Act.

    (2) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence in respect of the disclosure of information under—

to show that the disclosure was authorised or required by virtue of any provision of this Order.

    (3) In this article a reference to any provision of the law of Montserrat includes a reference to a re-enactment of that provision.

    (4) A disclosure to which paragraph (2) applies does not constitute a breach of any duty of confidentiality owed by the person making the disclosure to any other person.

    (5) No civil claim or action of any kind shall lie, in respect of a disclosure to which paragraph (2) applies, against—

by reason only of that disclosure.


A K Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council


SCHEDULE
Article 18(3)


Negotiable debt securities: entities referred to in article 18(3)


For the purposes of article 18(3), an entity is "a related entity acting as a public authority or whose role is recognised by an international treaty" if it is listed in Table 1 or Table 2 below or it is situated in a country other than a member State and meets the following criteria—

Note: The provisions of article 18 are without prejudice to any international obligations that member States may have entered into with respect to the international entities listed in Table 2.



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order in Council ensures that arrangements are in place in Montserrat as envisaged by Article 17(2)(ii) of Council Directive 2003/48/EC of 3rd June 2003 on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments ("the European Savings Directive") as amended by the Council Decision 2004/587/EC of 19 July 2004 concerning the date of application of the European Savings Directive.

The Order requires information to be reported to the Inland Revenue Department in Montserrat ("the Department") about savings income paid to, or secured for, an individual resident in a member State of the European Community in the course of a business or profession. The same is required in respect of some entities resident in member States of the European Community.

Part 1 of this Order makes provision about —

Part 2 of this Order makes provision for —

Part 3 of this Order makes provision for—

Part 4 of this Order makes provision for audits and issues related to audits.

Part 5 of this Order (read with the Schedule) contains transitional provisions in respect of negotiable debt securities.

Part 6 of this Order deals with the interaction of the provisions of the Order and other law in Montserrat where the two conflict. It also makes provision about the civil and criminal liability in respect of disclosures which are required or authorised by the Order.


Notes:

[1] 1962 c.19. There is an amendment which is not relevant for present purposes.back

[2] OJ No. L157, 26.06.2003, p.38, amended by Decision 2004/587/EC of the Council (OJ No. L 257, 4.8.2004, p. 7) and Directive 2004/66/EC of the Council (OJ No. L188, 1.5.2004, p. 35).back

[3] OJ No. L184, 06.07.2001, p.1, amended by Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L96, 12.04.2003, p.16).back

[4] No. o.back

[5] i.e. the law contained in the Revised Edition of the Laws of Montserrat in Chapter 11.03.back

[6] I.e. the law contained in the Revised Edition of the Laws of Montserrat in Chapter 11.25.back



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Prepared 20 June 2005


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