- Y Diweddaraf sydd Ar Gael (Diwygiedig)
- Gwreiddiol (Fel y'i Deddfwyd)
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the National Debt (Stockholders Relief) Act 1892.
Revised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. At the current time any known changes or effects made by subsequent legislation have been applied to the text of the legislation you are viewing by the editorial team. Please see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ for details regarding the timescales for which new effects are identified and recorded on this site.
An Act to amend the National Debt Act 1870.
[27th June 1892]
Commencement Information
I1Act wholly in force at Royal Assent
Textual Amendments
F1S. 1 repealed by Miscellaneous Financial Provisions Act 1955 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2 c. 6) Sch. 2, Pt. III
(1)Any person who, at the time of the balance being struck for a dividend on stock, is [F3entered in a relevant register] as a stockholder shall, as between himself and any transferee of the stock, be entitled to the then current half-year’s or quarter’s dividend.
(2)Subject to subsections (3) and (4) below, the [F4Registrar of Government Stock] may—
(a)strike the balance for a dividend on stock before the day on which the dividend is payable, and
(b)strike the balances for dividends on stock at times such that the interval between—
(i)the time at which the balance for a dividend is struck, and
(ii)the day on which the dividend is payable,
is different in different cases.
(3)The balance for a dividend on any stock shall not be struck at different times for different holdings of that stock unless—
(a)the case is one where the use of different times for different holdings of the same stock is authorised by order made by the Treasury; and
(b)such requirements (if any) as may be imposed by an order so made are complied with in relation to the striking of that balance.
(4)The time at which the balance for a dividend on any stock is struck shall not fall before—
(a)the beginning of the tenth business day before the day on which the dividend is payable; or
(b)such later time (if any) as may be determined, in accordance with an order made by the Treasury, to be the earliest time at which that balance may be struck.
(5) In this section “ business day ” means any day other than—
(a)a Saturday or Sunday;
(b)Good Friday or Christmas Day;
(c)a day which, in any part of the United Kingdom, is a bank holiday under the M1Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971;
(d)a day specified in an order under section 2(1) of that Act (days on which financial dealings are suspended) and declared by that order to be a non-business day for the purposes of this section; or
(e)a day appointed by Royal proclamation as a public fast or thanksgiving day.
(6)An order made by the Treasury for the purposes of subsection (3) or (4) above—
(a)shall be made by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament; and
(b)may make different provision for different cases and contain such exceptions and exclusions, and such incidental, supplemental, consequential and transitional provision, as the Treasury may think fit.]
Textual Amendments
F2S. 2 substituted (19.3.1997) by 1997 c. 16, s. 108(1)(2)
F3Words in s. 2(1) substituted (26.11.2001) by S.I. 2001/3755, reg. 51, Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 2 (with regs. 39, 45)
F4Words in s. 2(2) substituted (1.7.2004) by Government Stock (Consequential and Transitional Provision) (No.2) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1662), art. 1, Sch. para. 7(2) (with art. 3)
Marginal Citations
(1)Where—
(a)any stock is exchanged for strips of that stock, and
(b)that exchange takes place after the balance has been struck for a dividend on that stock but before the day on which that dividend is payable,
any person who would have been entitled to that dividend but for the exchange shall remain entitled to that dividend notwithstanding the exchange.
(2)The Treasury may by order made by statutory instrument provide that for the purposes of this section and section 47(1C) of the M2Finance Act 1942, the balance for any dividend on any stock is to be deemed to be struck at a time which, by such a period as is specified in the order, precedes the time when the balance is actually struck.
(3)A period specified in an order under subsection (2) above shall not exceed 7 days; and an order made under that subsection may make different provision for different cases.
(4)In this section “strip”, in relation to any stock, has the meaning given by section 47 of the Finance Act 1942.]
Textual Amendments
Marginal Citations
In the following cases, namely,—
(a)Where an infant is the sole survivor in an account, and
(b)Where an infant holds stock jointly with a person under legal disability; and
(c)Where stock has by mistake been brought in or transferred into the sole name of an infant,
the [F6Registrar of Government Stock] may, at the request in writing of the parent, guardian, or next friend of the infant, receive the dividends and apply them to the purchase of like stock, and the stock so purchased shall be added to the original investment.
Textual Amendments
F6Words in s. 3 substituted (1.7.2004) by Government Stock (Consequential and Transitional Provision) (No.2) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1662), art. 1, Sch. para. 7(3) (with art. 3)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 3 extended retrospectively by East India Loans Act 1937 (c. 14), s. 2(4)
Textual Amendments
F7Ss. 4, 6 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6)
Textual Amendments
F8S. 5 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IX Group1
Textual Amendments
F9Ss. 4, 6 repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1950 (c. 6)
Textual Amendments
F10S. 7 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12),s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt.III
This Act shall apply to all stock for the time being transferable—
(a)in the registers kept by the Registrar of Government Stock in accordance with regulations under section 47 of the Finance Act 1942 (see regulation 7 of the Government Stock Regulations 2004), or
(b)in manner provided by those regulations,
except so far as there is anything to the contrary in any Act under which the stock was created.]
Textual Amendments
F11S. 8 substituted (1.7.2004) by Government Stock (Consequential and Transitional Provision) (No.2) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1662), art. 1, Sch. para. 7(4) (with art. 3)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F12S. 9 omitted (1.7.2004) by virtue of Government Stock (Consequential and Transitional Provision) (No.2) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1662), art. 1, Sch. para. 7(5) (with art. 3)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2S. 9 extended retrospectively by East India Loans Act 1937 (c. 14), s. 2(4)
This Act may be cited as the National Debt (Stockholders Relief) Act 1892, and shall be read as one with the M3National Debt Act 1870.
Marginal Citations
Y Diweddaraf sydd Ar Gael (diwygiedig):Y fersiwn ddiweddaraf sydd ar gael o’r ddeddfwriaeth yn cynnwys newidiadau a wnaed gan ddeddfwriaeth ddilynol ac wedi eu gweithredu gan ein tîm golygyddol. Gellir gweld y newidiadau nad ydym wedi eu gweithredu i’r testun eto yn yr ardal ‘Newidiadau i Ddeddfwriaeth’.
Gwreiddiol (Fel y’i Deddfwyd neu y’i Gwnaed): Mae'r wreiddiol fersiwn y ddeddfwriaeth fel ag yr oedd pan gafodd ei deddfu neu eu gwneud. Ni wnaed unrhyw newidiadau i’r testun.
Rhychwant ddaearyddol: Indicates the geographical area that this provision applies to. For further information see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’.
Dangos Llinell Amser Newidiadau: See how this legislation has or could change over time. Turning this feature on will show extra navigation options to go to these specific points in time. Return to the latest available version by using the controls above in the What Version box.
Gallwch wneud defnydd o ddogfennau atodol hanfodol a gwybodaeth ar gyfer yr eitem ddeddfwriaeth o’r tab hwn. Yn ddibynnol ar yr eitem ddeddfwriaeth sydd i’w gweld, gallai hyn gynnwys:
This timeline shows the different points in time where a change occurred. The dates will coincide with the earliest date on which the change (e.g an insertion, a repeal or a substitution) that was applied came into force. The first date in the timeline will usually be the earliest date when the provision came into force. In some cases the first date is 01/02/1991 (or for Northern Ireland legislation 01/01/2006). This date is our basedate. No versions before this date are available. For further information see the Editorial Practice Guide and Glossary under Help.
Defnyddiwch y ddewislen hon i agor dogfennau hanfodol sy’n cyd-fynd â’r ddeddfwriaeth a gwybodaeth am yr eitem hon o ddeddfwriaeth. Gan ddibynnu ar yr eitem o ddeddfwriaeth sy’n cael ei gweld gall hyn gynnwys:
liciwch ‘Gweld Mwy’ neu ddewis ‘Rhagor o Adnoddau’ am wybodaeth ychwanegol gan gynnwys