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M1(1)In this section “the relevant provisions” means sections 732, 733, 734 and this section.
(2)[F1Subject to subsections (2A) to (10) below], the relevant provisions [F2apply] to cases of a purchase by a person (“the first buyer”) of any securities and their subsequent sale by him, the result of the transaction being that interest becoming payable in respect of the securities (“the interest”) is receivable by the first buyer.
[F3(2A)The relevant provisions do not apply where the first buyer is required under the arrangements for the purchase of the securities to make to the person from whom he purchased the securities, not later than the date on which he subsequently sells the securities, a payment of an amount representative of the interest, or is treated by virtue of F4. . . [F5section 602(1) of ITA 2007][F6or paragraph 13(1) of Schedule 13 to the Finance Act 2007] as required to make such a payment.]
[F7(2B)Subject to subsection (2E) below, where there is a repo agreement in relation to any securities—
(a)neither—
(i)the purchase of the securities by the interim holder from the original owner, nor
(ii)the repurchase of the securities by the original owner,
shall be a purchase of those securities for the purposes of subsection (2) above; and
(b)neither—
(i)the sale of the securities by the original owner to the interim holder, nor
(ii)the sale by the interim holder under which the securities are bought back by the original owner,
shall be taken for the purposes of subsection (2) above to be a subsequent sale of securities previously purchased by the seller.
(2C)Accordingly, where there is a repo agreement, the securities repurchased by the original owner shall be treated for the purposes of subsection (2) above (to the extent that that would not otherwise be the case) as if they were the same as, and were purchased by the original owner at the same time as, the securities sold by him to the interim holder.
(2D)For the purposes of subsections (2B) and (2C) above there is a repo agreement in relation to any securities if there is an agreement in pursuance of which a person (“the original owner”) sells the securities to another (“the interim holder”) [F8and the original owner—
(a)is required to buy them back in pursuance of an obligation imposed by, or in consequence of the exercise of an option acquired under, that agreement or any related agreement,
(b)acquires an option to buy them back under that agreement or any related agreement which he subsequently exercises, or
(c)under that agreement or any related agreement, is entitled], in pursuance of any obligation arising on a person’s becoming entitled to receive an amount in respect of the redemption of those securities, to receive from the interim holder an amount equal to the amount of the entitlement.
(2E)Subsections (2B) and (2C) above do not apply if—
(a)the agreement or agreements under which the arrangements are made for the sale and repurchase of the securities are not such as would be entered into by persons dealing with each other at arm’s length; or
(b)any of the benefits or risks arising from fluctuations, before the securities are repurchased, in the market value of the securities in question accrues to or falls on the interim holder.
[F9(2F)For the purposes of subsections (2B) to (2E) above—
(a)agreements are related if they are entered into in pursuance of the same arrangement (regardless of the date on which either agreement is entered into); and
(b)references to buying back securities include buying similar securities even if the securities bought have not previously been held by the purchaser (and references in those subsections to repurchase are to be construed accordingly).
(2G)For the purposes of subsection (2F) above securities are similar if they entitle their holders to—
(a)the same rights against the same persons as to capital, interest and dividends, and
(b)the same remedies for the enforcement of those rights,
in spite of any difference in the total nominal amounts of the respective securities or in the form in which they are held or the manner in which they can be transferred.]]
(3)The relevant provisions do not [F10apply] where—
(a)the time elapsing between the purchase by the first buyer and his taking steps to dispose of the securities exceeded six months, or
(b)that time exceeded one month and [F11the purchase and sale were each effected at the current market price, and] the sale was not effected in pursuance of an agreement or arrangement made before or at the time of the purchase.
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(4)The reference in subsection (3) above to the first buyer taking steps to dispose of the securities shall be construed—
(a)if he sold them in the exercise of an option he had acquired, as a reference to his acquisition of the option,
(b)in any other case, as a reference to his selling them.
[F13(4A)For the purposes of subsection (3) above, where a purchase or sale is effected as a direct result of the exercise of a qualifying option, it shall be treated as effected at the current market price if the terms under which the first buyer acquired the option, or, as the case may be, became subject to it, were arm’s length terms.
(4B)For the purposes of subsection (4A) above an option is a “qualifying option” if it would be a traded option or financial option as defined in subsection [F14(8) of section 144 of the 1992 Act]] were the reference in paragraph (b) of that subsection to the time of the abandonment or other disposal a reference to the time of exercise.
(4C)In subsection (4A) above the reference to arm’s length terms is to terms—
(a)agreed between persons dealing at arm’s length, or
(b)not so agreed, but nonetheless such as might reasonably be expected to have been agreed between persons so dealing.
(5)For the purposes of the relevant provisions, a sale of securities similar to, and of the like nominal amount as, securities previously bought (“the original securities”) shall be equivalent to a sale of the original securities, and subsection (4) above shall apply accordingly; and where the first buyer bought parcels of similar securities at different times a subsequent sale of any of the securities shall, so far as may be, be related to the last to be bought of the parcels, and then to the last but one, and so on.
(6)A person shall be under no greater liability to tax by virtue of subsection (5) above than he would have been under if instead of selling the similar securities he had sold the original securities.
(7)Where at the time when a trade is, or is deemed to be, set up and commenced [F15, or when a trade is subject to a relevant change,] any securities form part of the trading stock belonging to the trade, those securities shall be treated for the purposes of this section—
(a)as having been sold at that time in the open market by the person to whom they belonged immediately before that time, and
(b)as having been purchased at that time in the open market by the person thereafter engaged in carrying on the trade.
[F16(7A)For the purposes of subsection (7) above a trade is subject to a relevant change—
(a)when there is a change in the persons carrying on the trade which involves all of the persons carrying it on before the change permanently ceasing to carry it on, or
(b)when a company starts to be within the charge to income tax under Chapter 2 of Part 2 of ITTOIA 2005 in respect of the trade.]
(8)Subject to subsection (7) above, where there is a change in the persons engaged in carrying on a trade which is not a change on which the trade is deemed to be discontinued, the provisions of this section shall apply in relation to the person so engaged after the change as if anything done to or by his predecessor had been done to or by him.
(9)M2For the purposes of the relevant provisions—
“interest” includes a qualifying distribution and any dividend which is not a qualifying distribution F17. . . ;
“person” includes any body of persons, and references to a person entitled to any exemption from tax include, in a case of an exemption expressed to apply to income of a trust or fund, references to the persons entitled to make claims for the granting of that exemption;
“securities” includes stocks and shares, except securities which are securities [F18within the meaning of Chapter 2 of Part 12 of ITA 2007 (accrued income profits)].
[F19(9A)In applying references in the relevant provisions to interest in relation to a qualifying distribution F20. . . —
(a)“gross interest” means the qualifying distribution together with the tax credit to which the recipient of the distribution is entitled in respect of it, and
(b)“net interest” means the qualifying distribution exclusive of any such tax credit.
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(10)For the purposes of the relevant provisions, securities shall be deemed to be similar if they entitle their holders to the same rights against the same persons as to capital and interest and the same remedies for the enforcement of those rights, notwithstanding any difference in the total nominal amounts of the respective securities or in the form in which they are held or the manner in which they can be transferred; and for the purposes of this subsection, rights guaranteed by the Treasury shall be treated as rights against the Treasury.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 731(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 81(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), s. 81(3)(a)
F2Word in s. 731(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 81(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), s. 81(3)(a)
F3S. 731(2A) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 81(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), s. 81(2)
F4Words in s. 731(2A) repealed (with effect in accordance with S.I. 2007/2483, art. 3) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), s. 47(4), Sch. 14 para. 6(2)(a), Sch. 27 Pt. 2(14), Note
F5Words in s. 731(2A) inserted (6.4.2007 with effect in accordance with s. 1034(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), Sch. 1 para. 167(2) (with Sch. 2)
F6Words in s. 731(2A) inserted (with effect in accordance with S.I. 2007/2483, art. 3) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), s. 47(4), Sch. 14 para. 6(2)(b)
F7S. 731(2B)-(2F) inserted (with application in accordance with s. 77(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1997 (c. 16), s. 77(1)
F8Words in s. 731(2D) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 38 para. 21(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), Sch. 38 para. 6
F9S. 731(2F)(2G) substituted for s. 731(2F) (with effect in accordance with S.I. 2007/2483, art. 3) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), s. 47(4), Sch. 14 para. 6(3)
F10Word in s. 731(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 81(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), s. 81(3)(b)
F11Words in s. 731(3)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 134(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 20 para. 36(a)
F12Words in s. 731(3) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 134(2) of the repealing Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 20 para. 36(b), Sch. 41 Pt. 5(10), Note
F14Words in s. 731(4B) substituted (6.3.1992 with effect as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the amending Act) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), ss. 289, 290, Sch. 10 para. 14(40) (with ss. 60, 101(1), 171, 201(3))
F15Words in s. 731(7) inserted (6.4.2005 with effect in accordance with s. 883(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), Sch. 1 para. 302(a) (with Sch. 2)
F16S. 731(7A) inserted (6.4.2005 with effect in accordance with s. 883(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), Sch. 1 para. 302(b) (with Sch. 2)
F17S. 731(9): words in definition of "interest" repealed (3.5.1994) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), Sch. 16 para. 17(2), Sch. 26 Pt. 5(16)
F18S. 731(9): words in definition of "securities" substituted (6.4.2007 with effect in accordance with s. 1034(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), Sch. 1 para. 167(3) (with Sch. 2)
F19S. 731(9A)-(9D) inserted (3.5.1994) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), Sch. 16 para. 17(3)
F20Words in s. 731(9A) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 6 para. 14(4) of the repealing Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1997 (c. 58), Sch 6 para. 14(2), Sch. 8 Pt. 2(11), Note
F21S. 731(9B)-(9D) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 6 para. 14(4) of the repealing Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1997 (c. 58), Sch 6 para. 14(3), Sch. 8 Pt. 2(11), Note
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1 See s.343—company reconstruction without change of ownership.
Marginal Citations
M1Source—1970 s.471(1)-(5)
M2Source—1970 s.471(6); 1973 sch.11 6; 1986 Sch.18 2(1)
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