The Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (Exchange Traded Funds) (Exemption) Regulations 2014

• Citation: S.I. 2014/911
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (Exchange Traded Funds) (Exemption) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 28th April 2014.

Section 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

“ the Act ” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 ;

“ collective investment scheme ” has the meaning given in section 235 of the Act;

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“multilateral trading facility” means—

a UK multilateral trading facility, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No. 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments;

an EU multilateral trading facility, within the meaning of that Regulation; or

Gibraltar multilateral trading facility within the meaning given by Article 26(11)(b)(ii) of that Regulation;

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“ open-ended investment company ” has the meaning given in section 236 of the Act ;

“regulated market” means—

a UK regulated market, within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No. 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments;

an EU regulated market, within the meaning of that Regulation; or

a Gibraltar regulated market within the meaning given by Article 26(11)(b)(i) of that Regulation;

“ UCITS ” means—

a UCITS within the meaning given by section 236A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000; or

an undertaking established in Gibraltar which is a UCITS under the law of Gibraltar which implemented Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities.

“ units ” has the meaning given in section 237(2) of the Act.

Section 3 Exemption from stamp duty reserve tax

Stamp duty reserve tax shall not be chargeable on a transfer or an agreement to transfer units in an exchange traded fund.

Section 4 Exemption from stamp duty

(1) Stamp duty shall not be chargeable on an instrument which transfers units in an exchange traded fund.

(2) Where units in an exchange traded fund form the whole or part of the consideration, paragraph (1) does not affect any charge to stamp duty on the transfer on sale of other property.

Section 5 Meaning of exchange traded fund

In these Regulations an “ exchange traded fund ” means a collective investment scheme which—

(a) is an open-ended investment company, units in which are admitted to trading on—

(i) a regulated market, or

(ii) a multilateral trading facility, and

(b) is a UCITS.