Finance Act 1974

20 Share option and share incentive schemes

(1) The following provisions shall cease to have effect—

(a) section 78 of the [1972 c. 41.] Finance Act 1972 (approved share option schemes) except in its application to cases where a right obtained as mentioned therein was exercised before 27th March 1974 ; and

(b) subsections (2)(a) and (3)(a) of section 79 of that Act (which exclude the application of subsections (4) and (7) of that section in cases of acquisitions under approved share incentive schemes) except in their application to cases where the acquisition was made before that day; and

(c) paragraph 7(a) of Schedule 8 to the [1973 c. 51.] Finance Act 1973 (certain matters not to be regarded as restrictions attaching to shares) except in its application to cases where the shares were acquired before 26th April 1974.

(2) In paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to the Finance Act 1973 the following sub-paragraph shall be substituted for sub-paragraph (b)—

“(b) the shares satisfy the condition stated in paragraph 3 below, and are either shares of a class quoted on a recognised stock exchange or shares in a company which is not under the control of another company”.