Paragraph 1

United Kingdom

(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)—

(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

F1(c)

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(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.”

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Sch. 2 para. 1(1)(c) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 9 Group 6

Notes on Schedule 2

Modifications

C1: The text of Schedule 2 is in the form in which it was originally enacted : it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Notes on Forged Transfers Act 1891

Marginal citations

M1: 1891 c. 43.