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127Stamp duty: stock exchange transfersU.K.

(1)Stamp duty shall not be chargeable on any transfer to a stock exchange nominee which is executed for the purposes of a stock exchange transaction.

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(4)In section 33(1) of the Finance Act 1970 (composition by Stock Exchange in respect of transfer duty) after the words “" the heading ” “Conveyance or Transfer on Sale ” there shall be inserted the words “ ““or”Conveyance or Transfer of any kind not hereinbefore described ” ”and the words “being instruments executed for the purposes of stock exchange transactions as defined in section 4(1) of the Stock Transfer Act 1963 ” shall be omitted.

(5)This section shall be construed as one with the Stamp Act 1891 F3 and in this section—

jobber” means a member of The Stock Exchange who is recognised by the Council thereof as carrying on the business of a jobber and carries on that business in the United Kingdom;

stock exchange nominee” means any person designated for the purposes of this section as a nominee of The Stock Exchange by an order made by the Secretary of State;

stock exchange transaction ” has the meaning given in section 4 of the Stock Transfer Act 1963 F4.

(6)The power to make an order under subsection (5) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument and includes power to vary or revoke a previous order.

(7)Section 33 of the Finance Act 1970 F5 shall extend to Northern Ireland; and in the application of that section and this section to Northern Ireland for any reference to the Stock Transfer Act 1963 there shall be substituted a reference to the Stock Transfer Act (Northern Ireland) 1963 F6.

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