SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 21Exemptions from stamp duty and SDRT: intermediaries, repurchases etc

Repurchases and stock lending

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1

Section 89AA of FA 1986 (exemption from SDRT: repurchases and stock lending) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1) (application of section), after “conditions set out in subsection” insert “ (2A) or ”.

3

After subsection (2) insert—

2A

The conditions in this subsection are—

a

that P or Q is authorised under the law of an EEA State to provide any of the investment services or activities listed in Section A 2 or 3 of Annex I to the Directive (execution of orders on behalf of clients and dealing on own account) in relation to securities of the kind concerned, whether or not P or Q is authorised under the Directive; and

b

that securities of the kind concerned are regularly traded on a regulated market.

4

In subsection (3) (conditions for exemption)—

a

after “The conditions” insert “ in this subsection ”,

b

for “an EEA exchange” substitute “ a regulated market, a multilateral trading facility ”, and

c

after “on that” insert “ market, facility or ”.

5

In subsection (5) (meaning of arrangement being on an exchange)—

a

after “effected on” insert “ a market, a facility or ”, and

b

for “the exchange” (in each place) substitute “ the market, facility or exchange ”.

6

In subsection (6)—

a

after “In this section—” insert—

the Directive” has the meaning given in section 88B(2) above;

EEA State” has the meaning given in section 88B(2) above;

b

omit the definition of “EEA exchange”.

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After that subsection insert—

6A

Each of the following expressions—

  • “multilateral trading facility”, and

  • “regulated market”,

has the same meaning in this section as it has for the purposes of the Directive.

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The amendments made by this paragraph have effect in relation to any agreement to transfer securities—

a

in a case where the agreement is conditional, if the condition is satisfied on or after 1st November 2007, and

b

in any other case, if the agreement is made on or after that date.