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Finance Act 1991 (c. 31)

(The document as of February, 2008)

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(a) the provisional repayment period to which the claim relates, and

(b) any earlier provisional repayment period in the same accounting period,

had the later or, as the case may be, latest provisional fraction applicable in relation to that accounting period been so applicable as from the beginning of that period; and

  • "total past payments" means the aggregate of any amounts already paid by way of provisional repayments for provisional repayment periods falling within that accounting period.

(4) Expressions used in this paragraph and in paragraph 1 above have the same meaning in this paragraph as they have in that paragraph.



Repayment, with interest, of excessive provisional repayments

3 (1) In any case where--

(a) the assessment to corporation tax for an accounting period of an insurance company has been finally determined, and

(b) the aggregate amount of the provisional repayments made to the company for that accounting period exceeds the amount referred to in paragraph 1(7) above,

the excess, together with the amount of any relevant interest, shall be treated for the purposes of section 30 of the Management Act as if it were an amount of corporation tax for that accounting period which had been repaid to the insurance company and which ought not to have been so repaid.

(2) In this paragraph, "relevant interest" means interest--

(a) on so much of the excess referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above as is or was from time to time outstanding,

(b) for any period for which it is or was so outstanding, and

(c) at the rate applicable under section 178 of the [1989 c. 26.] Finance Act 1989 for the purposes of section 87A of the Management Act (interest on overdue corporation tax).

(3) In the application of section 87A of the Management Act in relation to an amount assessed to corporation tax under section 30 of that Act by virtue of this paragraph--

(a) the amount so assessed shall be taken to have become due and payable on the date on which that assessment was made; and

(b) the words "(in accordance with section 10 of the principal Act)" in subsection (1) shall accordingly be disregarded.

(4) In determining the amount of any relevant interest, any question whether the excess mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above (in the following provisions of this paragraph referred to as "the principal") or any part of it is or was "outstanding" at any time shall be determined in accordance with sub-paragraphs (5) to (7) below.

(5) So much of the principal as does not exceed the amount of the last provisional repayment made to the company for the accounting period in question shall be taken to have become outstanding on the date on which that provisional repayment was made.

(6) So much (if any) of the principal as--

(a) exceeds the amount of the provisional repayment referred to in sub-paragraph (5) above, but

(b) does not exceed the amount of the preceding provisional repayment for that accounting period,

shall be taken to have become outstanding on the date on which that preceding provisional repayment was made; and so on with any remaining portion of the principal and any preceding provisional repayments for that accounting period.

(7) So much (if any) of the principal as has become outstanding as mentioned in sub-paragraph (5) or (6) above and has at any time neither been repaid to the Board nor been assessed to corporation tax under section 30 of the Management Act by virtue of this paragraph shall be taken to remain outstanding at that time (and an amount shall accordingly be taken to cease being outstanding only when it is repaid to the Board or when it is so assessed).



Reduced entitlement during transitional period

4 (1) The Board may by regulations make provision for the amount of any provisional repayment to which a company would otherwise be entitled for any accounting period ending after the opening transitional date and before the closing transitional date to be reduced by a prescribed percentage.

(2) The regulations may require a company claiming a provisional repayment for a provisional repayment period falling within such an accounting period to specify in the claim--

(a) the maximum amount to which it could have been entitled by way of provisional repayment for that provisional repayment period apart from the regulations;

(b) the maximum reduced entitlement for that provisional repayment period; and

(c) the amount of the provisional repayment claimed for that provisional repayment period.

(3) The regulations may make provision--

(a) for the charging of interest in any case where an insurance company claims, and is paid, by way of provisional repayment an amount in excess of the maximum reduced entitlement for the provisional repayment period to which the claim relates;

(b) for the period for which, and the rate at which, any such amount is to carry interest under the regulations;

(c) for any such interest to be treated for the purposes of section 30 of the Management Act as if it were an amount of corporation tax which had been repaid and which ought not to have been repaid; and

(d) for section 87A of that Act to apply in relation to an amount assessed to corporation tax under section 30 of that Act by virtue of the regulations with modifications corresponding to those specified in paragraph 3(3) above.

(4) The regulations may prescribe for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above different percentages for accounting periods ending after different dates.

(5) Sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) above are without prejudice to the generality of sub-paragraph (1) above.

(6) In this paragraph--

  • "the maximum reduced entitlement", in relation to an insurance company and a provisional repayment period, means the maximum amount (as reduced in accordance with the regulations) to which the company could have been entitled by way of provisional repayment for that provisional repayment period;

  • "the opening transitional date" and "the closing transitional date" mean respectively such date as the Board may specify for the purpose in the first regulations made under this paragraph;

  • "prescribed" means specified in the regulations;

  • "the regulations" means any regulations under this paragraph.



Transitional application of pay and file provisions

5 (1) This paragraph applies in relation to an accounting period of an insurance company if--

(a) the accounting period--

(i) begins on or after the commencement day; and

(ii) ends on or before the day appointed for the purposes of section 10;

(b) the company carries on pension business for the whole or part of the accounting period; and

(c) the company makes a claim for a provisional repayment for the accounting period;

and in this paragraph "transitional accounting period" means an accounting period in relation to which this paragraph applies.

(2) An insurance company shall be entitled--

(a) to make a claim for payment of a tax credit in respect of any income of a transitional accounting period, and

(b) to make a claim for the purposes of section 7(5), so far as relating to section 7(2) or 11(3), in respect of any income tax falling to be set off against corporation tax for a transitional accounting period,

(and may do so whether or not the income in question is referable to the company's pension business).

(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) above, sections 7(2) and 11(3) shall have effect in relation to a transitional accounting period as if the words from "and accordingly" to the end, in each provision, were omitted.

(4) A claim under sub-paragraph (2) above may only be made at such time or within such period as the Board may by regulations provide.

(5) In the application of this Schedule in relation to a transitional accounting period, paragraph 1 above shall have effect as if the reference in each of sub-paragraphs (7) and (10) to a claim such as is mentioned in section 7(6) or in section 42(5A) of the Management Act were a reference to a claim under paragraph (a) or (b) of sub-paragraph (2) above.

(6) If and to the extent that the provisions of section 826, or of section 87A of the Management Act, would not, apart from this sub-paragraph, have effect in relation to a transitional accounting period, they shall be treated as having effect for all purposes in relation to that accounting period; and--

(a) in the application of section 826 by virtue of this sub-paragraph, the reference in subsection (1)(a) of that section to an accounting period which ends after the appointed day shall be treated as a reference to a transitional accounting period; and

(b) in the application of section 87A of the Management Act by virtue of this sub-paragraph, corporation tax shall be taken to become due and payable on the day following the expiration of the period within which it is required under section 10(1)(b) to be paid.

(7) If and to the extent that the amendments of section 30 of the Management Act specified in subsections (1) to (4) of section 88 of the [1987 c. 51.] Finance (No.2) Act 1987 would not, apart from this sub-paragraph, have effect in relation to a transitional accounting period, they shall be treated as having effect for all purposes in relation to that transitional accounting period.

(8) Subsection (7) of section 88 of the Finance (No.2) Act 1987 shall have effect for the purposes of sub-paragraph (7) above as if the reference in paragraph (a) of that subsection to accounting periods ending after the appointed day were a reference to transitional accounting periods.

(9) In this paragraph "the commencement day" means the day appointed under section 49 of the Finance Act 1991.



Interpretation

6 (1) In this Schedule--

  • "provisional fraction" shall be construed in accordance with paragraphs 1(3), (4)(b) and 2 above;

  • "provisional repayment" means a provisional repayment under paragraph 1 above;

  • "provisional repayment period" shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 1 above.

(2) Any reference in this Schedule to a provisional repayment for an accounting period is a reference to a provisional repayment for a provisional repayment period falling within that accounting period.

(3) Until an insurance company makes a return under section 11 of the Management Act as amended by section 82 of the [1987 c. 51.] Finance (No.2) Act 1987, paragraph 1(4) above shall have effect in relation to that company as if for paragraph (a) there were substituted--

" (a) "information" means any information contained in a return under section 11 of the Management Act as that section has effect apart from section 82 of the Finance (No.2) Act 1987; and " . "



Section 50.

SCHEDULE 9 Friendly societies



Tax exempt life or endowment business

1 (1) Section 460 of the Taxes Act 1988 (exemption from tax in respect of life or endowment business) shall be amended as follows.

(2) Subsection (2) shall be amended as mentioned in sub-paragraphs (3) to (6) below.

(3) Before sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (c) there shall be inserted--

" (ai) where the profits relate to contracts made on or after the day on which the Finance Act 1991 was passed, of the assurance of gross sums under contracts under which the total premiums payable in any period of 12 months exceed £200 or of the granting of annuities of annual amounts exceeding £156; " .

(4) In that sub-paragraph, for "31st August 1987" there shall be substituted "31st August 1990 but before the day on which the Finance Act 1991 was passed".

(5) In sub-paragraph (ia) of paragraph (c), after "ВЈ100" there shall be inserted "or of the granting of annuities of annual amounts exceeding £156".

(6) At the end of that paragraph, for "and" there shall be substituted--

" (ca) shall not apply to so much of the profits arising from life or endowment business as is attributable to contracts for the assurance of gross sums made on or after 20th March 1991 and expressed at the outset not to be made in the course of tax exempt life or endowment business; and " .

(7) In subsection (3)--

(a) for "subsection (2)(c)(i) or (ia)" there shall be substituted "subsection (2)(c)(ai), (i) or (ia)";

(b) for "subsection (2)(c)(i)" there shall be substituted "subsection (2)(c)(ai), (i) or (ia)".

(8) After subsection (4) there shall be inserted--

" (4A) Subsection (4B) below applies to contracts for the assurance of gross sums under tax exempt life or endowment business made after 31st August 1987 and before the day on which the Finance Act 1991 was passed.

(4B) Where the amount payable by way of premium under a contract to which this subsection applies is increased by virtue of a variation made in the period beginning with the day on which the Finance Act 1991 was passed and ending with 31st July 1992, the contract shall be treated for the purposes of subsection (2)(c) above as made at the time of the variation. "

2 After section 462 of that Act there shall be inserted--

" 462A Election as to tax exempt business

(1) Where a registered friendly society has tax exempt life or endowment business which includes contracts--

(a) made before 20th March 1991, and

(b) expressed at the outset not to be made in the course of such business,

the society may by notice to the inspector elect that section 460(1) shall not apply to so much of the profits arising from such business as is attributable to such contracts.

(2) Where a registered friendly society has tax exempt life or endowment business which includes contracts falling within subsection (3) below, the society may by notice to the inspector elect that section 460(1) shall not apply to so much of the profits arising from such business as is attributable to such contracts.

(3) A contract falls within this subsection if--

(a) at the outset, it is neither expressed to be made in the course of tax exempt life or endowment business nor expressed not to be so made but is assumed by the society not to be so made, and

(b) the policy issued in pursuance of it falls within paragraph 21(1)(b) of Schedule 15.

(4) An election under subsection (2) above shall only be valid if the society satisfies the inspector (or the Commissioners on appeal) that it is possible to identify all the contracts to which the election relates.

(5) If the inspector decides that he is not satisfied as mentioned in subsection (4) above, he shall give notice of his decision to the society; and section 42(3), (4) and (9) of, and paragraph 1(1) to (1E) of Schedule 2 to, the Management Act shall apply in relation to such a decision as they apply in relation to a decision of an inspector on a claim.

(6) An election under subsection (1) or (2) above shall have effect for accounting periods ending on or after the day on which the Finance Act 1991 was passed.

(7) No election under subsection (1) or (2) above may be made after 31st July 1992.

(8) Where a friendly society has made an election under subsection (1) or (2) above, then, for any accounting period for which the election has effect--

(a) section 460(1) shall apply to profits arising from life or endowment business which would have been included in the society's tax exempt life or endowment business had no account been taken of the contracts to which the election relates, and

(b) section 462(1), in its application to the society, shall have effect with the insertion after "societies" of "and all policies issued in pursuance of contracts to which an election under section 462A(1) or (2) relates". "



Maximum benefits payable to members

3 (1) Section 464 of that Act (maximum benefits payable to members) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (3), before paragraph (a) there shall be inserted--

" (za) contracts under which the total premiums payable in any period of 12 months exceed £200; or " .

(3) In paragraph (a) of subsection (3), after "contracts" there shall be inserted "made before the day on which the Finance Act 1991 was passed and".

(4) After subsection (4) there shall be inserted--

" (4A) Subsection (4B) below applies to contracts for the assurance of gross sums under tax exempt life or endowment business made after 31st August 1987 and before the day on which the Finance Act 1991 was passed.

(4B) Where the amount payable by way of premium under a contract to which this subsection applies is increased by virtue of a variation made in the period beginning with the day on which the Finance Act 1991 was passed and ending with 31st July 1992, the contract shall be treated for the purposes of subsection (3) above as made at the time of the variation. "



Qualifying policies

4 (1) In Schedule 15 to that Act (qualifying policies) in paragraph 3, sub-paragraph (1)(c) (contract for policy issued by new society to be made by member over 18) shall be omitted, with the word "and" immediately preceding it.

(2) This paragraph shall apply in relation to policies issued in pursuance of contracts made on or after the day on which this Act is passed.

5 (1) This paragraph applies to any policy--

(a) issued by a friendly society, or branch of a friendly society, in the course of tax exempt life or endowment business (as defined in section 466 of the Taxes Act 1988), and

(b) effected by a contract made after 31st August 1987 and before the day on which this Act is passed.

(2) Where--

(a) the amount payable by way of premium under a policy to which this paragraph applies is increased by virtue of a variation made in the period beginning with the day on which this Act is passed and ending with 31st July 1992, and

(b) the variation is not such as to cause a person to become in breach of the limits in section 464 of the Taxes Act 1988,

Schedule 15 to that Act, in its application to the policy, shall have effect, in relation to that variation, with the modifications mentioned in sub-paragraph (3) below.

(3) The modifications are the omission of paragraph 4(3)(a) and the insertion at the end of paragraph 18(2) of " and as if for paragraph 3(2)(b) above there were substituted--

" (b) subject to sub-paragraph (4) below, the premiums payable under the policy shall be premiums of equal or rateable amounts payable at yearly or shorter intervals over the whole of the term of the policy as from the variation, or, where premiums are not payable for any period after the person liable to pay them or whose life is insured has attained a specified age, being an age attained at a time not less than ten years after the beginning of the term of the policy, over the whole of the remainder of the period for which premiums are payable. " "



Section 51.

SCHEDULE 10 Building Societies: Qualifying Shares



Capital gains: exemption

1 (1) Section 64 of the [1984 c. 43.] Finance Act 1984 (qualifying corporate bonds) shall be amended as follows.

(2) After subsection (3D) there shall be inserted--

" (3E) For the purposes of this section "corporate bond" also includes a share in a building society--

(a) which is a qualifying share,

(b) which is expressed in sterling, and

(c) in respect of which no provision is made for conversion into, or redemption in, a currency other than sterling.

(3F) For the purposes of subsection (3E) above, a share in a building society is a qualifying share if--

(a) it is a permanent interest bearing share, or

(b) it is of a description specified in regulations made by the Treasury for the purposes of this paragraph.

(3G) Subsection (3) above applies for the purposes of subsection (3E) above as it applies for the purposes of subsection (2)(c) above, treating the reference to a security as a reference to a share. "

(3) After subsection (8) there shall be inserted--

" (9) In this section--

  • "building society" means a building society within the meaning of the [1986 c. 53.] Building Societies Act 1986,

  • "permanent interest bearing share" has the same meaning as in the [S.I. 1991/702.] Building Societies (Designated Capital Resources) (Permanent Interest Bearing Shares) Order 1991.

(10) The Treasury may by regulations provide that for the definition of the expression "permanent interest bearing share" in subsection (9) above (as it has effect for the time being) there shall be substituted a different definition of that expression.

(11) Regulations under subsection (3F)(b) or (10) above may contain such supplementary, incidental, consequential or transitional provision as the Treasury think fit.

(12) The power to make regulations under subsection (3F)(b) or (10) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Commons. "

(4) This paragraph shall apply in relation to disposals on or after the day on which this Act is passed.

(5) This paragraph shall not have effect in relation to the application of section 64 for the purposes of section 136A of the [1979 c. 14.] Capital Gains Tax Act 1979.



Accrued income scheme: inclusion

2 (1) Section 710 of the Taxes Act 1988 (meaning of "securities" for the purposes of the accrued income scheme) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (2), after ""Securities" does not" there shall be inserted " , except as provided by subsection (2A) below,".

(3) After that subsection there shall be inserted--

" (2A) "Securities" includes shares in a building society which are qualifying shares for the purposes of section 64(3E) of the [1984 c. 43.] Finance Act 1984 (qualifying corporate bonds). "

(4) This paragraph shall have effect in relation to the application of sections 711 to 728 of the Taxes Act 1988 to transfers of securities on or after the day on which this Act is passed.



Incidental costs of issue

3 (1) The following section shall be inserted after section 477A of the Taxes Act 1988--

" 477B Building societies: incidental costs of issuing qualifying shares

(1) In computing for the purposes of corporation tax the income of a building society from the trade carried on by it, there shall be allowed as a deduction, if subsection (2) below applies, the incidental costs of obtaining finance by means of issuing shares in the society which are qualifying shares.

(2) This subsection applies if any amount payable in respect of the shares by way of dividend or interest is deductible in computing for the purposes of corporation tax the income of the society from the trade carried on by it.

(3) In subsection (1) above, "the incidental costs of obtaining finance" means expenditure on fees, commissions, advertising, printing and other incidental matters (but not including stamp duty), being expenditure wholly and exclusively incurred for the purpose of obtaining the finance (whether or not it is in fact obtained), or of providing security for it or of repaying it.

(4) This section shall not be construed as affording relief--

(a) for any sums paid in consequence of, or for obtaining protection against, losses resulting from changes in the rate of exchange between different currencies, or

(b) for the cost of repaying qualifying shares so far as attributable to their being repayable at a premium or to their having been issued at a discount.

(5) In this section--

  • "dividend" has the same meaning as in section 477A, and

  • "qualifying share" has the same meaning as in section 64(3E) of the [1984 c. 43.] Finance Act 1984. "

(2) This paragraph shall apply in relation to costs incurred on or after the day on which this Act is passed.



Preferential rights of acquisition

4 (1) This paragraph applies where, on or after the day on which this Act is passed, a building society confers--

(a) on its members, or

(b) on any particular class or description of its members,

any rights to acquire, in priority to other persons, shares in the society which are qualifying shares.

(2) Any such right so conferred shall be regarded for the purposes of capital gains tax as an option granted to, and acquired by, the member concerned for no consideration and having no value at the time of that grant and acquisition.

(3) In this paragraph--

  • "building society" means a building society within the meaning of the [1986 c. 53.] Building Societies Act 1986;

  • "member" includes former member;

  • "qualifying share" has the same meaning as in section 64(3E) of the [1984 c. 43.] Finance Act 1984.



Section 52.

SCHEDULE 11 Building Societies: Marketable Securities



Deduction of income tax

1 (1) Section 349 of the Taxes Act 1988 (annual interest etc.) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (2)(a), after "company" there shall be inserted "(other than a building society)".

(3) In subsection (3), paragraph (e) shall be omitted.

(4) After subsection (3) there shall be inserted--

" (3A) Subject to subsection (3B) below and to any other provision to the contrary in the Income Tax Acts, where--

(a) any dividend or interest is paid in respect of a security issued by a building society other than a qualifying certificate of deposit, and

(b) the security was quoted, or capable of being quoted, on a recognised stock exchange at the time the dividend or interest became payable,

the person by or through whom the payment is made shall, on making the payment, deduct out of it a sum representing the amount of income tax thereon for the year in which the payment is made.

(3B) Subsection (3A) above does not apply to any payment to which section 124 applies. "

(5) In subsection (4), for "subsection (3)(e) above" there shall be substituted "this section" and for the words from "and" to the end there shall be substituted--

" "qualifying certificate of deposit" means a certificate of deposit, as defined in section 56(5), under which--

(a) the amount payable by the issuing society, exclusive of interest, is not less than £50,000 (or, for a deposit denominated in foreign currency, not less than the equivalent of £50,000 at the time when the deposit is made), and

(b) the obligation of the society to pay that amount arises after a period of not more than five years beginning with the date on which the deposit is made; and

"security" includes share. "

2 (1) Section 477A of the Taxes Act 1988 (building societies: regulations for deduction of tax) shall be amended as follows.

(2) After subsection (1) there shall be inserted--

" (1A) Regulations under subsection (1) above may not make provision with respect to any dividend or interest paid or credited, on or after the day on which the Finance Act 1991 was passed, in respect of a security (other than a qualifying certificate of deposit) which was quoted, or capable of being quoted, on a recognised stock exchange at the time the dividend or interest became payable. "

(3) After subsection (9) there shall be inserted--

" (10) In this section--

  • "qualifying certificate of deposit" has the same meaning as in section 349, and

  • "security" includes share. "



Collection

3 (1) Schedule 16 to the Taxes Act 1988 (collection of income tax on company payments which are not distributions), in its application to building societies by virtue of section 350(4) of that Act, shall have effect as if for paragraph 2(2)(a) there were substituted--

" (a) each complete quarter falling within the accounting period, that is to say, each of the periods of three months ending with the last day of February, May, August and November; " .

(2) In section 350(4) of that Act, the second reference to regulations shall be treated as including a reference to sub-paragraph (1) above.

(3) Regulations under section 350(4) of that Act (power to modify Schedule 16) may repeal sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) above.

4 (1) A building society may not make more than one claim to relief under paragraph 5 of Schedule 16 to the Taxes Act 1988 (set-off of income tax borne on company income against tax payable) in respect of the same deduction.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1) above, the reference to a claim under paragraph 5 of Schedule 16 to the Taxes Act 1988 includes a reference to a claim under that paragraph as applied by regulations under section 477A(1) of that Act.



Information

5 (1) In section 18 of the [1970 c. 9.] Taxes Management Act 1970 (information about interest payments) after subsection (3C) there shall be inserted--

" (3D) For the purposes of this section, the payment by a building society of a dividend in respect of a share in the society shall be treated as the payment of interest. "

(2) This paragraph shall have effect as regards a case where the payment is made on or after the day on which this Act is passed.



Section 54.

SCHEDULE 12 Securities: New Issues



General treatment of extra return

1 The following section shall be inserted after section 587 of the Taxes Act 1988--

" 587A New issues of securities: extra return

(1) This section applies where--

(a) securities (old securities) of a particular kind are issued by way of the original issue of securities of that kind,

(b) on a later occasion securities (new securities) of the same kind are issued,

(c) a sum (the extra return) is payable in respect of the new securities, by the person issuing them, to reflect the fact that interest is accruing on the old securities,

(d) the issue price of the new securities includes an element (whether or not separately identified) representing payment for the extra return, and

(e) the extra return is equal to the amount of interest payable for the relevant period on so many old securities as there are new (or, if there are more new securities than old, the amount of interest which would be so payable if there were as many old securities as new).

(2) Anything payable or paid by way of the extra return shall be treated for the purposes of the Tax Acts as payable or paid by way of interest (to the extent that it would not be so treated apart from this subsection).

(3) But as regards any payment by way of the extra return, relief shall not be given under any provision of the Tax Acts to the person by whom the new securities are issued; and "relief" here means relief by way of deduction in computing profits or gains or deduction or set off against income or total profits.

(4) For the purposes of this section securities are of the same kind if they are treated as being of the same kind by the practice of a recognised stock exchange or would be so treated if dealt with on such a stock exchange.

(5) For the purposes of this section the relevant period is the period beginning with the day following the relevant day and ending with the day on which the new securities are issued.

(6) For the purposes of this section the relevant day is--

(a) the last (or only) interest payment day to fall in respect of the old securities before the day on which the new securities are issued, or

(b) the day on which the old securities were issued, in a case where no interest payment day fell in respect of them before the day on which the new securities are issued;

and an interest payment day, in relation to the old securities, is a day on which interest is payable under them. "



Accrued income scheme

2 The following section shall be inserted after section 726 of the Taxes Act 1988--

" 726A New issues of securities

(1) This section applies where--

(a) securities (old securities) of a particular kind are issued by way of the original issue of securities of that kind,

(b) on a later occasion securities (new securities) of the same kind are issued,

(c) a sum (the extra return) is payable in respect of the new securities, by the person issuing them, to reflect the fact that interest is accruing on the old securities,

(d) the issue price of the new securities includes an element (whether or not separately identified) representing payment for the extra return, and

(e) the extra return is equal to the amount of interest payable for the relevant period on so many old securities as there are new (or, if there are more new securities than old, the amount of interest which would be so payable if there were as many old securities as new).

(2) For the purposes of sections 710 to 728--

(a) the new securities shall be treated as having been issued on the relevant day;

(b) they shall be treated as transferred to the person to whom they are in fact issued (though not treated as transferred by any person);

(c) the transfer shall be treated as a transfer with accrued interest and as made on the day on which the new securities are in fact issued;

(d) that day shall be treated as the settlement day (notwithstanding section 712);

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