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(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 in section 8(2) of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1947 (remission of interest for tax paid not later than three months from the date on which it becomes due and payable) for the words “three months" there shall be substituted the words “two months".
(2)Without prejudice to the general interpretative provisions of this Act, this section applies to the enactmemtns mentioned in subsection (1) above as extended by any other enactments, . . . F1
(3)This section has effect as respects tax becoming due and payable on or after 1st July 1968.
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 (c. 10), ss. 538(1), 539(1), Sch. 16
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1The text of ss, 40–50, 53, 60, 61(2)(7) and Schs. 15 and 16 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as otherwise indicated, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
(1)The terms of issue of premium savings bonds shall be altered by substituting for the prospectus relating to the issue of bonds of series B the provisions of Schedule 18 to this Act, being provisions which—
(a)increase the rate of interest at which the prize fund is calculated from 4½ per cent. to 45/8percent. (but subject, as in the existing prospectus, to a power of varying the rate of interest by giving not less than three months notice), and
(b)give effect to that increase in the rate of interest by providing for—
(i)a weekly draw of one £25,000 prize, and
(ii)an adjustment of the prizes on the monthly draw.
(2)Subsection (1) above shall come into force on 1st September 1968 and have effect as respects all bonds issued before that date, whether before or after the passing of this Act.
(3)If after the coming into force of subsection (1) above the Treasury issue premium savings bonds on the terms set out in the said Schedule to this Act, they may use any stock of forms of bonds which were prepared before the passing of this Act, notwithstanding that the forms refer to the prospectus superseded by subsection (1) above, and bonds issued in that form shall be valid and effectual as if they stated that the bond was issued under the terms in the said Schedule to this Act.
This subsection applies whether or not the bonds are issued after notice has been given, in pursuance of paragraph 15 in the said Schedule, of a variation of its terms.
(4)In this section “bonds of series B” means the second issue of premium savings bonds, and “ ” means both those issued under the M1National Loans Act 1939 and those issued under the M2National Loans Act 1968.
(1)The definitions of . . . F2“security" . . . F2 in section 2(3) of the M3Emergency Laws (Re-enactments and Repeals) Act 1964 (power of Treasury to prohibit action on certain orders as to securities) shall include—
(a)certificates of deposit,
(b)Government bills, and
(c)any description of promissory notes which is for the time being prescribed under this paragraph for the purposes . . . F2 of the said section 2, . . . F2
(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3
(3)In this section—
“certificate of deposit” means a document relating to money, in any currency, which has been deposited with the issuer or some other person, being a document which recognises an obligation to pay a stated amount to bearer or to order, with or without interest, and being a document by the delivery of which, with or without endorsement, the right to receive that stated amount, with or without interest, is transferable,
“Government bill” means any bill, note or other obligation of a Government in any part of the world, being a document by the delivery of which, with or without endorsement, title is transferable, and not being an obligation which is or has been legal tender in any part of the world, and “Government bill” includes in particular a Treasury bill,
“prescribed”—
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2 means prescribed by the Treasury by order in a statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament,
and any such order may be varied or revoked by a subsequent order so made.
(4)This section has effect notwithstanding that the said definitions of . . . F2“security" exclude promissory notes.
(5)This section—
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2 shall be construed as one with section 2 of that Act,
(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2 this section shall apply outside the United Kingdom in the same way as. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2, section 2 of the said Act of 1964, so applies.
Textual Amendments
F2Words repealed by Finance Act 1977 (c. 36), s. 59(5), Sch. 9 Pt. VI
F3S. 55(2) repealed by Finance Act 1977 (c. 36), Sch. 9 Pt. VI
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2S. 55 applied by Finance Act 1984 (c. 43), s. 27(3)(4), Sch. 8 paras. 3(8), 6(2), Finance Act 1985 (c. 54), s. 77, Sch. 23 Pt. I para. 1(2)(d) and Finance Act 1986 (c. 41), s. 31, Sch. 7 Pt. II para. 9
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Textual Amendments
F4S. 56 repealed by Finance Act 1973 (c. 51), s. 59(7), Sch. 22 Pt. V
Textual Amendments
F5S. 57 repealed by Finance Act 1970 (c. 24), s. 36(8), Sch. 8 Pt. V
Textual Amendments
F6S. 58 repealed by European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), s. 4, Sch. 3 Pt. II
Textual Amendments
F7S. 59 repealed by Finance Act 1971 (c. 68), s. 69(7), Sch. 14 Pt. VII
In section 1(4) of the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968 M4 (circumstances in which a resolution ceases to have statutory effect) paragraph (b) (under which a resolution continues in force if a Bill is amended by the house so as to implement the resolution within twenty-five sitting days from the passing of the resolution) shall have effect as if after the words “is amended by the House" there were added the words “in Committee or on Report, or by any Standing Committee of the House".
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3The text of ss, 40–50, 53, 60, 61(2)(7) and Schs. 15 and 16 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as otherwise indicated, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
Marginal Citations
(1)This Act may be cited as the Finance Act 1968.
(2)In this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, “the Board” means the Commissioners of Inland Revenue.
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8
(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9
(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10
(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11
(7)This Act, so far as it relates to the M5Sugar Act 1956, shall extend to the Isle of Man.
(8)Any reference in this Act to any other enactment shall, except so far as the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended or applied by or under any other enactment, including this Act.
(9)Except as otherwise expressly provided, such of the provisions of this Act as relate to matters in respect of which the Parliament of Northern Ireland has power to make laws shall not extend to Northern Ireland.
Textual Amendments
F8S. 61(3) repealed by Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2), s. 177(3), Sch. 6 Pt. I
F9S. 61(4) repealed by Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 (c. 10), ss. 538(1), 539(1), Sch. 16
F10S. 61(5) repealed (with savings) by Capital Gains Tax Act 1979 (c. 14), ss. 157(1), 158, Sch. 6 para. 10(2)(b), Sch. 8
F11S. 61(6) repealed (with savings) by Finance Act 1975 (c. 7), ss. 50, 52(2)(3), 59, Sch. 13 Pt. I
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4The text of ss, 40–50, 53, 60, 61(2)(7) and Schs. 15 and 16 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as otherwise indicated, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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