Part IV U.K. Stamp Duty Reserve Tax

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 4: construed as one with 1999 c. 16, Pt. VI (27.7.1999) by Finance Act 1999 (c. 16), s. 123(1)

C2 Pt. 4: power to restrict conferred (27.7.1999) by Finance Act 1999 (c. 16), s. 119 (with s. 123(4))

C3 Pt. 4: power to extend conferred (1.5.1995) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), s. 152(2)(b)(6)

C4 Pt. 4: 2019 c. 1, s. 48 construed as one with this Part (with effect in accordance with s. 48(12) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), s. 48(11)

C5 Pt. 4: 2019 c. 1, s. 48A construed as one with this Part by 2019 c. 1, s. 48A(9) (as inserted (22.7.2020) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), s. 78)

[F1 Other charges: clearance services] U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 96 cross-heading inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 11 para. 25 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), Sch. 11 para. 11(1) (with Sch. 11 para. 27)

[F2 Depositary receipts and clearance services: further exceptions U.K.

Textual Amendments

F2 Ss. 97AB-97AD and cross-heading inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 11 para. 25 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), Sch. 11 para. 15

97AB Exempt capital-raising transfers U.K.

(1) There is to be no charge to tax under section 93 or 96 in respect of an exempt capital-raising transfer.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a transfer of chargeable securities is an “exempt capital-raising transfer” if the transfer is in the course of capital-raising arrangements.

(3) In this section, “capital-raising arrangements” means arrangements pursuant to which chargeable securities are issued by a company for the purpose of raising new capital.

(4) A transfer of chargeable securities is not prevented from being an exempt capital-raising transfer by reason only of a delay in transferring the chargeable securities where—

(a) a person (“the transferor”) acquires the chargeable securities—

(i) before capital-raising arrangements are entered into, or

(ii) in the course of capital-raising arrangements,

(b) the transferor is subject to a restriction that has the effect of preventing the transfer of the chargeable securities in the course of the capital-raising arrangements, and

(c) the transfer is made as soon as reasonably practicable after the time at which the restriction ceases to have effect.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Ss. 97AB-97AD and cross-heading inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 11 para. 25 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), Sch. 11 para. 15