Finance Act 1985

96 [F1 European Union] and Investment Bank: exemptions. U.K.

X1 (1) In section 126 of the M1 Finance Act 1984 (tax exemptions in relation to designated international organisations) the following shall be inserted after subsection (3)—

“(4) The Treasury may, by order made by statutory instrument, designate any of [F1 the European Union] or the European Investment Bank for the purposes of this section, and references in subsections (2) and (3) above to an organisation designated for the purposes of this section include references to a body so designated by virtue of this sub-section.

(5) Subsection (3) above, as it applies by virtue of subsection (4) above, shall be read as if the words “under the heading “Bearer Instrument” in Schedule 1 to the Stamp Act 1891” were omitted.”

(2) An order made by virtue of subsection (4) of section 126 of the Finance Act 1984 may revoke or vary the M2 European Communities (Loan Stock) (Stamp Duties) Order 1972 (which provides for exemption from stamp duty in respect of issues and transfers of loan stock of the bodies referred to in that subsection, other than the Economic Community).

Editorial Information

X1 Part of the text of ss. 67(2), 72(6), 90(3)-(5), 91(1) and (3), 92(2)(4), 96(1), Sch. 19 paras. 1(2)(3), 2(2), 3(3), 5(5)( a ), 20(2), Sch. 27 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals that may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Act substituted (22.4.2011) by The Treaty of Lisbon (Changes in Terminology) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1043), arts. 2, 3, 4 (with arts. 3(2)(3), 4(2), 6(4)(5))

Marginal Citations

M1 1984 c. 43.

M2 S.I. 1972/1589.