# Stock Transfer Act (Northern Ireland) 1963, Section 4: Interpretation, etc.


In this Act—
“local authority” means [ a district council …] …;
“registered securities” means transferable securities the holders of which are entered in a register (whether maintained in Northern Ireland or not);
“securities” means shares, stock, debentures, debenture stock, loan stock, bonds, units of a collective investment scheme within the meaning of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, and other securities of any description;
“stock exchange transaction” means a sale and purchase of securities in which each of the parties is a member of a stock exchange acting in the ordinary course of his business as such or is acting through the agency of such a member;
“stock exchange” means the Belfast Stock Exchange and any other stock exchange (whether in Northern Ireland or not) which is declared by order of the Ministry of Finance to be a recognised stock exchange for the purposes of this Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1963/24/section/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/stock-transfer-act-northern-ireland-1963/section-4
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