Section 54 | Amendments consequential on establishment of The Stock Exchange.

(1)In the enactments relating to . . . , . . . , . . . . . . stamp duty—

(a)references to the Stock Exchange, London or the London Stock Exchange, a stock exchange in the United Kingdom or a recognised stock exchange in the United Kingdom shall be construed as references to The Stock Exchange;

(b)references to quotation on a stock exchange in the United Kingdom on a recognised stock exchange in the United Kingdom shall be construed as references to listing in the Official List of The Stock Exchange; and

(c)references to a member of a stock exchange in the United Kingdom shall be construed as references to a member of The Stock Exchange;

and those enactments shall have effect subject to the amendments specified in Schedule 21 to this Act.

(2)This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on 25th March 1973 but shall not affect the operation of any enactment in relation to anything done before that day.