Regulation
No. S 712Income Tax(CHAPTER 134)Income Tax(Singapore — Guernsey)(Avoidance Of Double Taxation Agreement)Order 2013WHEREAS it is provided by section 49 of the Income Tax Act that if the Minister by order declares that arrangements specified in the order have been made with the government of any country outside Singapore with a view to affording relief from double taxation in relation to tax under the Act and any tax of a similar character imposed by the laws of that country, and that it is expedient that those arrangements should have effect, the arrangements shall have effect in relation to tax under the Act notwithstanding anything in any written law:AND WHEREAS it is provided by section 105C of the Income Tax Act that the Minister may by order declare an avoidance of double taxation arrangement or an exchange of information arrangement as a prescribed arrangement for the purposes of Part XXA of the Act:AND WHEREAS by an Agreement dated 6th February 2013, between the Government of the Republic of Singapore and the States of Guernsey, arrangements were made, amongst other things, for the avoidance of double taxation:NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby declared by the Minister for Finance —
that the arrangements specified in the Schedule to this Order have been made with the States of Guernsey;
that it is expedient that those arrangements should have effect notwithstanding anything in any written law; and
that the arrangements are a prescribed arrangement for the purposes of Part XXA of the Act.Made this 18th day of November 2013.LIM SOO HOONPermanent Secretary(Finance) (Performance),Ministry of Finance,Singapore.[MF(R) R32.2.2900 Vol. 1; AG/LLRD/SL/134/2010/7 Vol. 4]