Textual Amendments
F1S. 64 repealed (27.7.1999 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 20 Pt. V(2) Notes 1, 2 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1999 (c. 16), s. 139, Sch. 20 Pt. V(2)
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Textual Amendments
F2S. 65 repealed (27.7.1999 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 20 Pt. V(2) Notes 1, 2 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1999 (c. 16), s. 139, Sch. 20 Pt. V(2)
(1)This section applies where a company purchases its own shares under section [F3690] of the Companies Act [F32006] F4....
(2)[F5Any return which relates to any of the shares] purchased and is delivered to the registrar of companies under section [F6707] of that Act F7... shall be charged with stamp duty, and treated for all purposes of the Stamp Act 1891 M1, as if it were an instrument transferring the shares[F8to which it relates] on sale to the company in pursuance of the contract (or contracts) of purchase concerned.
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(3)Subject to subsection (4) below, this section applies to any [F10such return] which is delivered to the registrar of companies on or after the day of The Stock Exchange reforms.
(4)This section does not apply to any return to the extent that the shares to which it relates were purchased under a contract entered into before the day of The Stock Exchange reforms.
(5)In this section “the day of The Stock Exchange reforms” means the day on which the rule of The Stock Exchange that prohibits a person from carrying on business as both a broker and a jobber is abolished.
Textual Amendments
F3Word in s. 66(1) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments) (Taxes and National Insurance) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1890), arts. 1(1), 7(a)
F4Words in s. 66(1) omitted (1.10.2009) by virtue of The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments) (Taxes and National Insurance) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1890), arts. 1(1), 7(a)
F5Words in s. 66(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 195(12) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), Sch. 40 para. 2(a)(i)
F6Word in s. 66(2) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments) (Taxes and National Insurance) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1890), arts. 1(1), 7(b)
F7Words in s. 66(2) omitted (1.10.2009) by virtue of The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments) (Taxes and National Insurance) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1890), arts. 1(1), 7(b)
F8Words in s. 66(2) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 195(12) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), Sch. 40 para. 2(a)(iii)
F9S. 66(2A) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 99(2) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 32 para. 5
F10Words in s. 66(3) substituted (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments) (Taxes and National Insurance) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1890), arts. 1(1), 7(c)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 66(2) excluded (with effect in accordance with Sch. 24 para. 12(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 24 para. 6
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