C1C2C3Part IVStamp Duty Reserve Tax

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1

Pt. 4: construed as one with 1999 c. 16, Pt. VI (27.7.1999) by Finance Act 1999 (c. 16), s. 123(1)

C2

Pt. 4: power to restrict conferred (27.7.1999) by Finance Act 1999 (c. 16), s. 119 (with s. 123(4))

C3

Pt. 4: power to extend conferred (1.5.1995) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), s. 152(2)(b)(6)

Other charges

94Depositary receipts: supplementary

1

For the purposes of section 93 above a depositary receipt for chargeable securities is an instrument acknowledging —

a

that a person holds chargeable securities or evidence of the right to receive them, and

b

that another person is entitled to rights, whether expressed as units or otherwise, in or in relation to chargeable securities of the same kind, including the right to receive such securities (or evidence of the right to receive them) from the person mentioned in paragraph (a) above,

except that for those purposes a depositary receipt for chargeable securities does not include an instrument acknowledging rights in or in relation to securities if they are issued or sold under terms providing for payment in instalments and for the issue of the instrument as evidence that an instalment has been paid.

2

The Treasury may by regulations provide that for subsection (1) above (as it has effect for the time being) there shall be substituted a subsection containing a different definition of a depositary receipt for the purposes of section 93 above.

3

For the purposes of section 93(4)(b) above the value of any consideration not consisting of money shall be taken to be the price it might reasonably be expected to fetch on a sale in the open market at the time the securities are transferred.

4

For the purposes of section 93(4)(c) above the value of the securities shall be taken to be the price they might reasonably be expected to fetch on a sale in the open market at the time they are transferred or appropriated (as the case may be).

5

For the purposes of section 93(5) above a person is a qualified dealer in securities of a particular kind if he deals in securities of that kind and —

a

is a member of a recognised stock exchange (within the meaning given by section F1841 of the Taxes Act 1988), or

b

is designated a qualified dealer by order made by the Treasury.

6

For the purposes of section 93(5) above a person is a market maker in securities of a particular kind if he —

a

holds himself out at all normal times in compliance with the rules of The Stock Exchange as willing to buy and sell securities of that kind at a price specified by him, and

b

is recognised as doing so by the Council of The Stock Exchange.

7

The Treasury may by regulations provide that for subsection (6) above (as it has effect for the time being) there shall be substituted a subsection containing a different definition of a market maker for the purposes of section 93(5) above.

8

In section 93(5) above “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.

9

The power to make regulations or an order under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Commons.