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98Administration etc.U.K.

(1)The Treasury may make regulations —

(a)providing that provisions of the Taxes Management Act 1970 M1 specified in the regulations shall apply in relation to stamp duty reserve tax as they apply in relation to a tax within the meaning of that Act, with such modifications (specified in the regulations) as they think fit;

(b)making with regard to stamp duty reserve tax such further provision as they think fit in relation to administration, assessment, collection and recovery.

(2)The power to make regulations under subsection (1) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Commons.

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99InterpretationU.K.

(1)This section applies for the purposes of this Part of this Act.

(2)The Board” means the Commissioners of Inland Revenue.

[F1(3)Subject to the following provisions of this section, “chargeable securities” means —

(a)stocks, shares or loan capital,

(b)interests in, or in dividends or other rights arising out of, stocks, shares or loan capital,

(c)rights to allotments of or to subscribe for, or options to acquire, stocks, shares or loan capital, and

(d)units under a unit trust scheme.

(4)Chargeable securities” does not include securities falling within paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (3) above which are issued or raised by a body corporate not incorporated in the United Kingdom unless —

(a)they are registered in a register kept in the United Kingdom by or on behalf of the body corporate by which they are issued or raised, or

(b)in the case of shares, they are paired with shares issued by a body corporate incorporated in the United Kingdom, or

(c)in the case of securities falling within paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection (3) above, paragraph (a) or (b) above applies to the stocks, shares or loan capital to which they relate.

(5)Chargeable securities” does not include —

(a)securities the transfer of which is exempt from all stamp duties, or

(b)securities falling within paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection (3) above which relate to stocks, shares or loan capital the transfer of which is exempt from all stamp duties.

(6)Chargeable securities” does not include interests in depositary receipts for stocks or shares.

(6A)For the purposes of subsection (4) above, shares issued by a body corporate which is not incorporated in the United Kingdom (“the foreign company”) are paired with shares issued by a body corporate which is so incorporated (“the UK company”) where —

(a)the articles of association of the UK company and the equivalent instruments governing the foreign company each provide that no share in the company to which they relate may be transferred otherwise than as part of a unit comprising one share in that company and one share in the other, and

(b)such units have been offered for sale to the public in the United Kingdom and, at the same time, an equal number of such units have been offered for sale to the public at a broadly equivalent price in the country in which the foreign company is incorporated.]

(7)A depositary receipt for stocks or shares is an instrument acknowledging —

(a)that a person holds stocks or shares or evidence of the right to receive them, and

(b)that another person is entitled to rights, whether expressed as units or otherwise, in or in relation to stocks or shares of the same kind, including the right to receive such stocks or shares (or evidence of the right to receive them) from the person mentioned in paragraph (a) above,

except that a depositary receipt for stocks or shares does not include an instrument acknowledging rights in or in relation to stocks or shares if they are issued or sold under terms providing for payment in instalments and for the issue of the instrument as evidence that an instalment has been paid.

(8)The Treasury may by regulations provide that for subsection (7) above (as it has effect for the time being) there shall be substituted a subsection containing a different definition of a depositary receipt; and the power to make regulations under this subsection shall be exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Commons.

(9)Unit[F2(except in subsection (6A) above)] and “unit trust scheme” have the same meanings as in Part VII of the Finance Act 1946 M2.

(10)In interpreting “chargeable securities” in sections 93, 94 and 96 above —

[F3(a)paragraph (a) of subsection (4) above and the reference to that paragraph in paragraph (c) of that subsection shall be ignored, and]

(b)the effect of paragraph 8 of Schedule 14 to the Companies Act 1985 M3 (share registered overseas) and of section 118 of the Companies Act (Northern Ireland) 1960 M4 and paragraph 7 of Schedule 14 to the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 M5 (equivalent provision for Northern Ireland) shall be ignored for the purposes of subsection (5) above.

[F4(11)In interpreting “chargeable securities” in section 93 or 96 above in a case where —

(a)newly subscribed shares, or

(b)securities falling within paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection (3) above which relate to newly subscribed shares,

are issued in pursuance of an arrangement such as is mentioned in that section (or an arrangement which would be such an arrangement if the securities issued were chargeable securities), paragraph (b) of subsection (4) above and the reference to that paragraph in paragraph (c) of that subsection shall be ignored.

(12)In subsection (11) above, “newly subscribed shares” means shares issued wholly for new consideration in pursuance of an offer for sale to the public.]

Textual Amendments

F1S. 99(3)-(6) substituted (with application as mentioned in s. 144(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1988 (c. 39) {s. 144(2)}

F2Words in s. 99(9) inserted (with application as mentioned in s. 144(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1988 (c. 39), s. 144(3)

F3S. 99(10)(a) substituted (with application in accordance with s. 144(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1988 (c. 39), s. 144(4)

F4S. 99(11)(12) added (with application as mentioned in s. 144(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1988 (c. 39), s. 144(5)

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