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Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992
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- Act applied by 1997 c. 16 Sch. 12 para. 12(7) 13 14
- Act applied by 2002 c. 23 Sch. 16 para. 48(1)(2)
- Act construed as one with reg. 37 by S.I. 2006/575 reg. 37(2)
- Act construed as one with reg. 38 by S.I. 2006/575 reg. 38(3)
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
- s. 4(10)(11) inserted by 2016 c. 11 s. 15(4)
- s. 4(10) words inserted by 2016 c. 24 s. 83(11)
- s. 35(3)(d)(xviii) added by 2008 c. 17 Sch. 7 para. 9
- s. 35(3)(d)(xviii) inserted by 2008 c. 18 Sch. 13 para. 46
- s. 35(3)(d)(xviii) repealed by S.I. 2008/3002 Sch. 1 para. 42 Sch. 3 (This amendment comes into force on the day 2008 c. 4, s. 5 comes into force, see art. 1(2). That provision was brought into force on 1.12.2008 by S.I. 2008/3068, art. 2(1)(b))
- s. 104(4)(b)(i) words substituted by S.I. 1989/469, reg. 27(2) (as amended) by S.I. 1997/1716 reg. 13(1)(b)
- s. 107(11) words substituted by S.I. 1989/469, reg. 27(2A) (as amended) by S.I. 1997/1716 reg. 13(2)(b)
- s. 169S(4A) inserted by 2015 c. 11 s. 43(2)
- s. 587B inserted by 2000 c. 17 s. 43(1)
- Sch. 5C para. 3(1) modified by S.I. 2004/2199 reg. 7(1)
- Sch. 5C para. 3(6) modified by S.I. 2004/2199 reg. 7(2)
- Sch. 5C para. 5(1) modified by S.I. 2004/2199 reg. 7(3)
- Sch. 5C para. 3 words inserted by S.I. 2005/3229 reg. 128
- Sch. 5C para. 5 words inserted by S.I. 2005/3229 reg. 128
- Sch. 5C para. 6 words inserted by S.I. 2005/3229 reg. 128
- Sch. 5C para. 3(1)(f) words substituted by 2007 c. 3 Sch. 1 para. 347
273 Unquoted shares and securities.U.K.
(1)The provisions of subsection (3) below shall have effect in any case where, in relation to an asset to which this section applies, there falls to be determined by virtue of section 272(1) the price which the asset might reasonably be expected to fetch on a sale in the open market.
(2)The assets to which this section applies are shares and securities which are not [F1listed] on a recognised stock exchange at the time as at which their market value for the purposes of tax on chargeable gains falls to be determined.
(3)For the purposes of a determination falling within subsection (1) above, it shall be assumed that, in the open market which is postulated for the purposes of that determination, there is available to any prospective purchaser of the asset in question all the information which a prudent prospective purchaser of the asset might reasonably require if he were proposing to purchase it from a willing vendor by private treaty and at arm’s length.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in s. 273(2) substituted (19.7.2007) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 26 para. 8(5)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 272-274 applied (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), ss. 210(1), 1184(1) (with Sch. 2)
C2S. 273(3) applied (27.7.1993) by 1993 c. 37, s. 12, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 24(6)
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