SCHEDULE 1

PART IIControlled Investments

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1

Shares or stock in the share capital of—

a

any body corporate (wherever incorporated);

b

any unincorporated body constituted under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom.

2

Sub-paragraph (1) includes—

a

any shares of a class defined as deferred shares for the purposes of section 119 of the Building Societies Act 1986 M1;

b

any transferable shares in a body incorporated under the law of, or any part of, the United Kingdom relating to industrial and provident societies or credit unions or in a body constituted under the law of another EEA State for purposes equivalent to those of such a body.

3

But subject to sub-paragraph (2) there are excluded from sub-paragraph (1) shares or stock in the share capital of—

a

an open-ended investment company;

b

a building society incorporated under the law of, or any part of, the United Kingdom;

c

any body incorporated under the law of, or any part of, the United Kingdom relating to industrial and provident societies or credit unions;

d

any body constituted under the law of an EEA State for purposes equivalent to those of a body falling within paragraph (b) or (c).