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(1)Stamp duty shall not be chargeable under the heading “Bearer Instrument” in Schedule 1 to the M1Stamp Act 1891.
(2)Subsection (1) above applies to an instrument which falls within section 60(1) of the M2Finance Act 1963 if it is issued on or after the abolition day.
(3)Subsection (1) above applies to an instrument which falls within section 60(2) of that Act if the stock constituted by or transferable by means of it is transferred on or after the abolition day.
(4)In subsection (2) above the reference to section 60(1) of the M3Finance Act 1963 includes a reference to section 9(1)(a) of the Finance Act (Northern Ireland) 1963 and in subsection (3) above the reference to section 60(2) of the former Act includes a reference to section 9(1)(b) of the latter.
(1)Where defined securities are transferred to or vested in a person by an instrument, stamp duty shall not be chargeable on the instrument.
(2)In this section “defined securities” means—
(a)stocks, shares or loan capital,
(b)interests in, or in dividends or other rights arising out of, stocks, shares or loan capital,
(c)rights to allotments of or to subscribe for, or options to acquire or to dispose of, stocks, shares or loan capital, and
(d)units under a unit trust scheme.
(3)In this section “loan capital” means—
(a)any debenture stock, corporation stock or funded debt, by whatever name known, issued by a government or a body corporate or other body of persons (which here includes a local authority and any body whether formed or established in the United Kingdom or elsewhere);
(b)any capital raised by a government, or by such a body as is mentioned in paragraph (a) above, if the capital is borrowed or has the character of borrowed money, and whether it is in the form of stock or any other form;
(c)stock or marketable securities issued by a government.
(4)In this section “unit” and “unit trust scheme” have the same meanings as they had in Part VII of the M4Finance Act 1946 immediately before the abolition day.
(5)In this section references to a government include references to a government department, including a Northern Ireland department.
(6)In this section “government” means the government of the United Kingdom or of Northern Ireland or of any country or territory outside the United Kingdom.
(7)Subject to subsection (8) below, this section applies if the instrument is executed in pursuance of a contract made on or after the abolition day.
(8)In the case of an instrument—
(a)which falls within section 67(1) or (9) of the M5Finance Act 1986 (depositary receipts) or section 70(1) or (9) of that Act (clearance services), or
(b)which does not fall within section 67(1) or (9) or section 70(1) or (9) of that Act and is not executed in pursuance of a contract,
this section applies if the instrument is executed on or after the abolition day.
(1)Section 83 of the M6Stamp Act 1891 (fine for certain acts relating to securities) shall not apply where an instrument of assignment or transfer is executed, or a transfer or negotiation of the stock constituted by or transferable by means of a bearer instrument takes place, on or after the abolition day.
(2)The following provisions (which relate to the cancellation of certain instruments) shall not apply where the stock certificate or other instrument is entered on or after the abolition day—
(a)section 109(1) of the Stamp Act 1891,
(b)section 5(2) of the M7Finance Act 1899,
(c)section 56(2) of the Finance Act 1946, and
(d)section 27(2) of the M8Finance (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 1946.
(3)Section 67 of the M9Finance Act 1963 (prohibition of circulation of blank transfers) shall not apply where the sale is made on or after the abolition day; and section 16 of the M10Finance Act (Northern Ireland) 1963 (equivalent provision for Northern Ireland) shall not apply where the sale is made on or after the abolition day.
(4)No person shall be required to notify the Commissioners under section 68(1) or (2) or 71(1) or (2) of the Finance Act 1986 (depositary receipts and clearance services) if he first issues the receipts, provides the services or holds the securities as there mentioned on or after the abolition day.
(5)No company shall be required to notify the Commissioners under section 68(3) or 71(3) of that Act if it first becomes aware as there mentioned on or after the abolition day.
(6)The following provisions shall cease to have effect—
(a)section 56(1), (3) and (4) and section 57(2) to (4) of the Finance Act 1946 (unit trusts),
(b)section 27(1), (3) and (4) and section 28(2) to (4) of the M11Finance (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 1946 (unit trusts),
(c)section 33 of the M12Finance Act 1970 (composition by financial institutions in respect of stamp duty),
(d)section 127(7) of the M13Finance Act 1976 (extension of composition provisions to Northern Ireland), and
(e)section 85 of the M14Finance Act 1986 (provisions about stock, marketable securities, etc.).
(7)The provisions mentioned in subsection (6) above shall cease to have effect as provided by the Treasury by order.
(8)An order under subsection (7) above—
(a)shall be made by statutory instrument;
(b)may make different provision for different provisions or different purposes;
(c)may include such supplementary, incidental, consequential or transitional provisions as appear to the Treasury to be necessary or expedient.
(9)Nothing in this section shall affect the application of section 56 of the M15Finance Act 1946 or section 27 of the Finance (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 1946 by section 259 of the M16Inheritance Tax Act 1984.
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(1)Stamp duty reserve tax shall cease to be chargeable.
(2)In relation to the charge to tax under section 87 of the Finance Act 1986 subsection (1) above applies where—
(a)the agreement to transfer is conditional and the condition is satisfied on or after the abolition day, or
(b)the agreement is not conditional and is made on or after the abolition day.
(3)In relation to the charge to tax under section 93(1) of that Act subsection (1) above applies where securities are transferred, issued or appropriated on or after the abolition day (whenever the arrangement was made).
(4)In relation to the charge to tax under section 96(1) of that Act subsection (1) above applies where securities are transferred or issued on or after the abolition day (whenever the arrangement was made).
(5)In relation to the charge to tax under section 93(10) of that Act subsection (1) above applies where securities are issued or transferred on sale, under terms there mentioned, on or after the abolition day.
(6)In relation to the charge to tax under section 96(8) of that Act subsection (1) above applies where securities are issued or transferred on sale, under terms there mentioned, on or after the abolition day.
(7)Where before the abolition day securities are issued or transferred on sale under terms mentioned in section 93(10) of that Act, in construing section 93(10) the effect of subsections (1) and (3) above shall be ignored.
(8)Where before the abolition day securities are issued or transferred on sale under terms mentioned in section 96(8) of that Act, in construing section 96(8) the effect of subsections (1) and (4) above shall be ignored.
(1)In sections 107 to 110 above “the abolition day” means such day as may be appointed by the Treasury by order made by statutory instrument.
(2)Sections 107 to 109 above shall be construed as one with the M17Stamp Act 1891.
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(1)In section 143 of the M18Finance Act 1988 (paired shares) in subsection (1)(b) for the words “an equal number of” there shall be substituted the word “ other ”.
(2)Subsection (1) above applies where—
(a)the offers referred to in section 143(1) are made, or are to be made, on or after the day on which this Act is passed, and
(b)before the offers are made, or are to be made, units comprising shares in the two companies concerned were offered (whether before or on or after the day on which this Act is passed) in circumstances where section 143 applied without the amendment made by subsection (1) above.
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(1)Section 99 of the M19Finance Act 1986 (stamp duty reserve tax: interpretation) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (6A) (paired shares) in paragraph (b) for the words “an equal number of” there shall be substituted the word “other”.
(3)The following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (6A)—
“(6B)For the purposes of subsection (4) above, shares issued by a body corporate which is not incorporated in the United Kingdom (“the foreign company”) are paired with shares issued by a body corporate which is so incorporated (“the UK company”) where—
(a)the articles of association of the UK company and the equivalent instruments governing the foreign company each provide that no share in the company to which they relate may be transferred otherwise than as part of a unit comprising one share in that company and one share in the other, and
(b)the shares issued by the foreign company, and the shares issued by the UK company, are issued to give effect to an allotment of the shares (as part of such units) as fully or partly paid bonus shares.”
(4)In subsection (9) for the words “subsection (6A)” there shall be substituted the words “subsections (6A) and (6B)”.
(5)Subsection (2) above applies where—
(a)the offers referred to in section 99(6A) are made on or after the day on which this Act is passed, and
(b)before the offers are made, units comprising shares in the two companies concerned were offered (whether before or on or after the day on which this Act is passed) in circumstances where section 99(6A) applied without the amendment made by subsection (2) above.
(6)Subsections (3) and (4) above apply where—
(a)the shares referred to in section 99(6B) are issued on or after the day on which this Act is passed, and
(b)before they are issued, units comprising shares in the two companies concerned were offered (whether before or on or after the day on which this Act is passed) in circumstances where section 99(6A) applied without the amendment made by subsection (2) above.
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(1)In section 126 of the M20Finance Act 1984 (tax exemptions in relation to designated international organisations) in subsection (3) the following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph (c)—
“(d)no stamp duty reserve tax shall be chargeable under section 93 (depositary receipts) or 96 (clearance services) of the Finance Act 1986 in respect of the issue of securities by the organisation.”
(2)Where an organisation or body is designated under section 126(1) or (4) before the day on which this Act is passed, subsection (1) above applies in relation to the issue of securities by the organisation or body on or after that day.
(3)Where an organisation or body is designated under section 126(1) or (4) on or after the day on which this Act is passed, subsection (1) above applies in relation to the issue of securities by the organisation or body after the designation.
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