Section 87 | The principal charge

(1)This section applies where a person (A) agrees with another person (B) to transfer chargeable securities (whether or not to B) for consideration in money or money's worth.

(2)There shall be a charge to stamp duty reserve tax under this section on . . . the relevant day, . . .^F1F2

(3)In subsection (2) above “the relevant day” means —

(a)in a case where the agreement is conditional, the day on which the condition is satisfied, and

(b)in any other case, the day on which the agreement is made.

(4)Repealed^F3

(5)Repealed^F4

(6)Tax under this section shall be charged at the rate of 0.5 per cent. or part of £100 of the amount or value of the consideration mentioned in subsection (1) above.^F5

(7)For the purposes of subsection (6) above the value of any consideration not consisting of money shall be taken to be the price it might reasonably be expected to fetch on a sale in the open market at the time the agreement mentioned in subsection (1) above is made.

(7A)Where—^F6F7

(a)there would be no charge to tax under this section, or^F6F7

(b)there would, under section 92 below, be a repayment or cancellation of tax,^F6F7

in relation to some of the chargeable securities to which the agreement between A and B relates if separate agreements had been made between them for the transfer of those securities and for the transfer of the remainder, this section and sections 88(5) and 92 below shall have effect as if such separate agreements had been made.

(7B)Repealed^F6F8

(8)Repealed^F9

(9)This section applies where the agreement to transfer is made on or after the day on which the rule of The Stock Exchange that prohibits a person from carrying on business as both a broker and a jobber is abolished.

(10)This section has effect subject to sections 88 to 90 below.