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Statutory Instruments
Stamp Duty
Stamp Duty Reserve Tax
Made
3rd April 2014
Laid before the House of Commons
7th April 2014
Coming into force
28th April 2014
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 217(1) to (3) and (7) of the Finance Act 2012(1), make the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (Exchange Traded Funds) (Exemption) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 28th April 2014.
2. In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000(2);
“collective investment scheme” has the meaning given in section 235 of the Act;
“multilateral trading facility” and “regulated market” have the same meaning as they have for the purposes of Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on markets and financial instruments, as amended from time to time(3);
“open-ended investment company” has the meaning given in section 236 of the Act(4);
“units” has the meaning given in section 237(2) of the Act.
3. Stamp duty reserve tax shall not be chargeable on a transfer or an agreement to transfer units in an exchange traded fund.
4.—(1) Stamp duty shall not be chargeable on an instrument which transfers units in an exchange traded fund.
(2) Where units in an exchange traded fund form the whole or part of the consideration, paragraph (1) does not affect any charge to stamp duty on the transfer on sale of other property.
5. In these Regulations an “exchange traded fund” means a collective investment scheme which—
(a)is an open-ended investment company, units in which are admitted to trading on—
(i)a regulated market, or
(ii)a multilateral trading facility, and
(b)is authorised as a UCITS within the meaning of and pursuant to Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the co-ordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investments in transferable securities (UCITS), as amended from time to time(5).
David Evennett
Mark Lancaster
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
3rd April 2014
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations provide for exemptions from stamp duty and stamp duty reserve tax for transfers of interests in exchange traded funds (ETF). An ETF is defined in regulation 5 using terms that are themselves defined in regulation 2.
Regulation 3 provides an exemption from stamp duty reserve tax. Regulation 4(1) provides exemption from stamp duty. Regulation 4(2) ensures that interests in an ETF should still be regarded as consideration for stamp duty purposes if they are given for the acquisition of other property subject to stamp duty.
A Tax Information and Impact Note covering this instrument was published on 13th February 2014 and is available on the HMRC website at http://hmrc.gov.uk/thelibrary/tiins.htm alongside draft legislation. It remains an accurate summary of the impacts that apply to this instrument.
OJ No L 145, 30.4.2004, p 1.
Section 236 was amended by S.I. 2009/1941.
OJ No L 302, 17.11.2009, p 32.
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