Finance Act 2004

Amendment of section 73 (exemptions) of Principal Act.

67.—(1) Section 73 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (1)—

(a) in paragraph (b) by substituting “in priority, or” for “in priority.”, and

(b) by inserting the following after paragraph (b):

“(c) in respect of an operator-instruction effecting a transfer of rights to securities, in a company which is not an unquoted company within the meaning of section 63, where that transfer is a renunciation of those rights under a letter of allotment.”.

(2) This section has effect in relation to instruments executed on or after 1 March 2003.