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Section 2.
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C1Sch. 1 amended (further specified securities added) by S.I. 1991/340, art.2 Sch.
1(1)Securities issued by Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom or the Government of Northern Ireland, not being excluded securities.E+W+S+N.I.
(2)In sub-paragraph (1) above “excluded securities” means—
(a)securities in respect of which a stock certificate issued under Part V of the M1National Debt Act 1870 is for the time being outstanding;
(b)any other bearer securities; and
(c)any securities for the time being registered on the National Savings Stock Register.
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2Securities the payment of interest on which is guaranteed by Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom or the Government of Northern Ireland.E+W+S+N.I.
3Securities issued in the United Kingdom by any public authority or nationalised industry or undertaking in the United Kingdom.E+W+S+N.I.
4(1)Securities issued in the United Kingdom by the government of any overseas territory, being securities registered in the United Kingdom.E+W+S+N.I.
[F1(2)For this purpose—
(a)“overseas territory” means any territory or country outside the United Kingdom, and
(b)the reference to the government of any overseas territory includes a reference to a government constituted for two or more overseas territories, and to any authority established for the purpose of providing or administering services which are common to, or relate to matters of common interest to, two or more such territories.]
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F1Sch. 1 para. 4(2) substituted (17.6.2002) by 2002 c. 1, s. 19, Sch. 3 para. 8; S.I. 2002/1408, art. 2
5Securities issued in the United Kingdom by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the European Investment Bank or the European Coal and Steel Community being, in each case, securities registered in the United Kingdom. E+W+S+N.I.
[F2Securities issued in the United Kingdom by the African Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, Caisse Centrale de Coopération Economique, Crédit Foncier de France, Electricité de France (E.D.F.), Service National or Hydro-Québec, being, in each case, securities registered in the United Kingdom.]
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F2Securities added to the list in Schedule 1 by S.I. 1988/231, art. 2, Sch.
6(1)Debentures issued by the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation PLC, the Commonwealth Development Finance Company Limited, Finance for Industry Public Limited Company or the Scottish Agricultural Securities Corporation Limited.E+W+S+N.I.
(2)In sub-paragraph (1) above “debentures” includes debenture stock and bonds, whether constituting a charge on assets or not, and loan stock or notes.
7(1)Securities issued by—E+W+S+N.I.
(a)any local authority in the United Kingdom;
(b)any authority all or the majority of the members of which are appointed or elected by one or more local authorities in the United Kingdom;
[F3(ba)any police authority established under [F4section 3 of the Police Act 1996][F5or]]
[F6(bb)the Service Authority for the National Criminal Intelligence Service or the Service Authority for the National Crime Squad; [F7or]]
[F7(c)the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District.]
(2)In sub-paragraph (1) above “local authority” means—
(a)any of the following authorities in England and Wales, namely, [F8the Greater London Authority]a county council . . . F9, a district council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London [F10, a functional body (within the meaning of the Greater London Authority Act 1999),][F11 . . . F12 a joint authority established by Part IV of the Local Government Act 1985] or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;
[F13(b)any council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994]
(c)a council, within the meaning of the M2Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972;
and any reference to a security issued by a local authority includes a reference to a security the liability for which is for the time being vested in a local authority (being a security issued by an authority which has ceased to exist).
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F3Sch. 1 para. 7(1)(ba) substituted (1.4.1995) for the word “or”by 1994 c. 29, s. 43, Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 56; S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4, Sch.
F4Words in Sch. 1 para. 7(1)(ba) substituted (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 16, ss. 103, 104(1), Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 1(2)(t)
F5Word in s. 7(1)(ba) inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 392(1)(2) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 3
F6Sch. 1 para. 7(1)(bb) substituted (1.4.1998) for the word “or”by 1997 c. 50, s. 134(1), Sch. 9 para. 44; S.I. 1998/354, art. 2(2)(b)
F7S. 7(1)(c) and the word “or”immediately preceding it cease to have effect (3.7.2000) by virtue of 1999 c. 29, s. 392(2) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 3
F8Words in Sch. 1 para. 7(2)(a) inserted (8.5.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 392(1)(3)(a) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 1999/3434, art. 3
F9Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 102, Sch. 17
F10Words in Sch. 1 para. 7(2)(a) inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 392(1)(3)(b) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 1999/3434, art. 4
F11Words inserted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 84, Sch. 14 para. 62
F12Words repealed by Education Reform Act 1988 (c. 40, SIF 41:1), ss. 231(7), 235(6), 237, Sch. 13
F13Sch. 1 para. 7(2)(b) substituted (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 127; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2Sch. 1 para. 7 amended by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 57(7), Sch. 13 para. 13(k)
Sch. 1 para. 7 extended (5.7.1994) by 1994 c. 19, s. 39, Sch. 13 para. 20(j) (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 para. 22(1), 23(2))
C3Sch. 1 para. 7(2)(a) extended by S.I. 1985/1884, art. 4(v)
C4Sch. 1 para. 7(2)(a) amended by S.I. 1987/2110, art. 2, Sch. 1 para. 8(p)
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Section 3.
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C5The text of Schedule 2 is in the form in which it was originally enacted : it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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1(1)In subsection (1) of section 1 of the Forged Transfers Act 1891 (power for companies and local authorities to make compensation for losses arising from forged transfers)—E+W+S+N.I.
(a)after the words “transferable by an instrument in writing” there shall be inserted the words “ or by an exempt transfer, within the meaning of the Stock Transfer Act 1982 ” ; and
(b)for the words “forged transfer” there shall be substituted the words “ forged instrument ” ; and
(c)for the words “transfer or power” there shall be substituted the words “ instrument or power ”.
(2)At the end of that subsection there shall be added the following subsection :—
“(1A)in subsection (1) above “instrument” has the same meaning as in Part I of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981.”
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2In subsection (1) of section 47 of the Finance Act 1942 (Treasury regulations governing the transfer and registration of Government stock)—E+W+S+N.I.
(a)in paragraph (a), after the words “by instruments in writing” there shall be inserted the words “ or otherwise ” ; and
(b)in paragraph (c), after the word “issue” there shall be inserted the words “ except in such cases as appear to the Treasury to be appropriate ”.
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F16Sch. 2 para. 6 repealed (19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV Group1
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F17Sch. 2 paras. 7, 8 repealed by S.I. 1986/1035 (N.I. 9), art. 24, Sch. 2
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