1782.This section deals with all the situations in which the acquisition cost of deeply discounted securities is to be determined at market value. It is based on paragraphs 4, 5, 8 and 9 of Schedule 13 to FA 1996.
1783.Subsection (2) provides a list of the disposals giving rise to acquisitions to which the rule in subsection (1) applies. The list includes the acquisition of a deeply discounted security as the result of the conversion of a security into shares or other securities – subsection (2)(b). See Change 86 in Annex 1.
1784.Also included in subsection (2)(a) of the list is the acquisition of a security transferred to a legatee by personal representatives. See Change 86 in Annex 1.