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(1)Without prejudice to any power otherwise conferred on them and notwithstanding anything in any other enactment, F1. . . the Scottish Development Agency and the Welsh Development Agency may transfer securities or other property held by them, and may procure the transfer of securities or other property held by any of their subsidiaries, to the Secretary of State or to a nominee of his; and the power of the Secretary of State to give directions—
F2(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)to the Scottish Development Agency under section 4 of the M1Scottish Development Agency Act 1975, and
(c)to the Welsh Development Agency under section 1(9) of the Welsh Development Agency Act 1975,
shall extend to the giving of directions as to the making and terms of a transfer.
(2)Stamp duty shall not be chargeable on any instrument which is certified to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue by the Secretary of State as having been made or executed for the purpose of the transfer of property to him or a nominee of his from, or from any subsidiary of, the F3. . .the Scottish Development Agency or the Welsh Development Agency.
(3)There may be defrayed out of money provided by Parliament any expenditure incurred by the Secretary of State in respect of the acquisition of property by him or a nominee of his from, or from a subsidiary of, the F3. . . the Scottish Development Agency or the Welsh Development Agency; and any sums received by him on the disposal of property so acquired shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.
(4)In this section “subsidiary” means a subsidiary as defined by [F4section 736 of the Companies Act 1985] or [F5Article 4 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986].
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 2(1) repealed (6.1.1992) by British Technology Group Act 1991 (c. 66, SIF 64), s. 17(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I; S.I. 1991/ 2721, art.2
F2S. 2(1)(a) repealed (6.1.1992) by British Technology Group Act 1991 (c. 66, SIF 64), s. 17(2), Sch. 2 Pt.I; S.I. 1991/2721, art.2
F3Words in s. 2(2)(3) repealed (6.1.1992) by British Technology Group Act 1991 (c. 66, SIF 64), s. 17(2), Sch. 2 Pt.I; S.I. 1991/2721, art. 2
F4Words substituted by Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 9, SIF 27), s. 30, Sch. 2
F5Words substituted by S.I. 1986/1035, art. 23, Sch. 1 Pt. II
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 2: transfer of functions by S.I. 1999/672, art. 2, Sch. 1
C2S. 2(1)–(3), in so far as relating to the Scottish Development Agency Act 1975 or to the Scottish Development Agency, repealed (1.4.1991) (E.W.S) by Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 35, SIF 64), s. 38(2), Sch. 5 Pt. I
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