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Regulation 5 Finance Act 1991I1

United Kingdom

(1)

Part 4 of the Finance Act 1991f1 (stamp duty and stamp duty reserve tax) is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 116f2—

(a)

in subsection (4)—

(i)

omit paragraph (aa);

(ii)

for sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (b) substitute—

“(i)

a UK regulated market (within the meaning given by Article 2.1(13A) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments)f3;

(ia)

a UK multilateral trading facility (within the meaning given by Article 2.1(14A) of that Regulation);

(ib)

an EU regulated market (within the meaning given by Article 2.1(13B) of that Regulation);

(ic)

an EU multilateral trading facility (within the meaning given by Article 2.1 (14B) of that Regulation);

(id)

a regulated market (within the meaning given by Article 2.1(13) of that Regulation) which is authorised and functions regularly and in accordance with Part 3 of the Financial Services (Markets in Financial Instruments) Act 2018 of Gibraltarf4;

(ie)

a multilateral system, operated by an investment firm or a market operator, which brings together multiple third-party buying and selling interests in financial instruments (in the system and in accordance with non-discretionary rules) in a way which results in a contract in accordance with Part 2 of the Financial Services (Markets in Financial Instruments) Act 2018 of Gibraltar;”;

(b)

after subsection (4) insert—

“(5)

In subsection (4)(ie) “multilateral system”, “investment firm”, “market operator” and “financial instrument” have the meanings given by Articles 2.1(11), 2.1A, 2.1(10) and 2.1(9) respectively of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments.”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 5 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1

1991 c. 31.

f2

The heading to section 116 was amended by S.I. 2017/1064. Section 116 was amended by paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 21 of the Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), S.I. 2013/504, S.I. 2017/701, and S.I 2017/1064.

f3

Regulation (EU) No. 600/2014 is amended by S.I. 2018/1403 with effect from exit day.

f4

L.N. 2017/135.