Statutory Instruments
2005 No. 1634
STAMP DUTY, NORTHERN IRELAND
The Stamp Duty (Consequential Amendment of Enactments) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2005
Made
15th June 2005
Laid before the House of Commons
16th June 2005
Coming into force
7th July 2005
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by paragraph 7(1) of Schedule 20 to the Finance Act 2003( 1 ), make the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Stamp Duty (Consequential Amendment of Enactments) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 7th July 2005.
(2) These Regulations extend only to Northern Ireland.
Amendment of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986
2. —(1)Article 98 of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986( 2 ) (returns as to allotments, etc. ) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (3) omit the words from “stamped” to the end.
(3) Omit paragraph (4).
(4) This regulation has effect in relation to contracts such as are mentioned in Article 98(2)(b)(i) of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 which are entered into on or after 7th July 2005.
Gillian Merron
Vernon Coaker
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
15th June 2005