Amendments proposed to the Transport Bill - continued House of Commons

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Mr Nick Raynsford

362

Clause     55,     page     36,     line     25,     leave out 'interest as well as liability for principal' and insert 'principal only'.


   

Mr Nick Raynsford

251

Clause     59,     page     38,     line     19,     leave out 'corresponding right in Scotland' and insert 'in Scotland the right of the fiar on the termination of a liferent'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

326

Clause     59,     page     38,     line     28,     leave out 'by virtue of' and insert 'under'.


   

Mr Nick Raynsford

247

Clause     60,     page     39,     line     43,     leave out from 'as' to end of line 44 and insert 'may be specified in directions given by the Treasury or the Secretary of State'.


   

Mr Nick Raynsford

249

Schedule     6,     page     156,     leave out line 34 and insert 'at such times as the transferee may specify in directions given to the transferor'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

250

Schedule     6,     page     157,     line     27,     leave out 'he may direct' and insert 'may be specified in a direction given by him'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

327

Schedule     6,     page     159,     line     38,     leave out 'by virtue of' and insert 'under'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

328

Schedule     6,     page     159,     line     48,     leave out 'by virtue of' and insert 'under'.


   

Mr Nick Raynsford

329

Schedule     7,     page     162,     line     32,     leave out 'by virtue of' and insert 'under'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

330

Schedule     7,     page     163,     line     3,     at end insert—

    '(5) Expressions used in this paragraph and in the 1992 Act have the same meanings in this paragraph as in that Act.'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

331

Schedule     7,     page     163,     line     7,     leave out 'makes' and insert 'gives'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

332

Schedule     7,     page     163,     line     11,     leave out from 'consideration' to 'value' in line 12 and insert '—

      (a) provided by him wholly and exclusively for the securities, and

      (b) equal to the market'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

333

Schedule     7,     page     163,     line     14,     at end insert—

    '(4) Expressions used in this paragraph and in the 1992 Act have the same meanings in this paragraph as in that Act.'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

334

Schedule     7,     page     163,     line     14,     at end insert—

    '3A.—(1) This paragraph applies if—

      (a) the Secretary of State gives a direction under section 55 above requiring the CAA to release a company from liability in respect of debts,

      (b) in connection with the direction the Secretary of State gives a direction or directions under section 56 above, and

      (c) securities are issued in accordance with the direction or directions under section 56.

    (2) Sub-paragraph (3) applies if the direction under section 56 requires securities to be issued to one person only or the directions under that section (taken together) require securities to be issued to one person only; and sub-paragraph (4) applies in any other case.

    (3) For the purposes of the 1992 Act the person to whom the securities are issued is to be treated as acquiring them for a consideration—

      (a) provided by him wholly and exclusively for the securities, and

      (b) equal to the amount of the liability affected by the release required by the direction under section 55.

    (4) For the purposes of the 1992 Act a person to whom any of the securities are issued is to be treated as acquiring them for a consideration—

      (a) provided by him wholly and exclusively for the securities, and

      (b) equal to such part as is just and reasonable of the amount of the liability affected by the release required by the direction under section 55.

    (5) This paragraph applies whether or not the person to whom the securities are issued, or any person to whom any of the securities are issued, is a person transferring anything under the transfer scheme in connection with which the direction under section 55 is given.

    (6) Expressions used in this paragraph and in the 1992 Act have the same meanings in this paragraph as in that Act.'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

335

Schedule     7,     page     163,     line     22,     leave out 'and'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

336

Schedule     7,     page     163,     line     23,     at end insert 'and

      (c) the Secretary of State is not the transferee under the relevant transfer.'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

337

Schedule     7,     page     163,     line     27,     leave out 'meaning' and insert 'meanings'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

338

Schedule     7,     page     163,     line     33,     leave out '(within the meaning of section 174(1))'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

339

Schedule     7,     page     163,     line     33,     at end insert—

    '(2) Expressions used in this paragraph and in section 174(1) of the 1992 Act have the same meanings in this paragraph as in section 174(1).'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

340

Schedule     7,     page     163,     line     36,     leave out 'acquires an asset from another company at a time when both are' and insert 'acquired an asset from another company at any time when both were'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

341

Schedule     7,     page     164,     line     2,     leave out 'apply' and insert 'have effect'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

342

Schedule     7,     page     164,     line     9,     leave out 'both'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

343

Schedule     7,     page     164,     line     10,     at end insert 'and at the time of acquisition'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

344

Schedule     7,     page     164,     line     26,     leave out 'apply' and insert 'have effect'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

345

Schedule     7,     page     164,     line     31,     leave out 'both'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

346

Schedule     7,     page     164,     line     32,     at end insert 'and at the time of acquisition'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

347

Schedule     7,     page     164,     line     37,     at end insert—

    '8A.—(1) Sub-paragraph (4) applies if—

      (a) a company ceases by virtue of a relevant transfer to be a member of a group of companies (the old group),

      (b) it becomes by virtue of the transfer a member of another group of companies (the new group),

      (c) a company falling within sub-paragraph (2) (the degrouped company) ceases to be a member of the new group, and

      (d) the condition in sub-paragraph (3) is satisfied.

    (2) A company falls within this sub-paragraph if immediately before it ceases to be a member of the new group it is a subsidiary of—

      (a) the company referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a), or

      (b) the principal company of the new group (if that company differs from the company referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a)).

    (3) The condition is that—

      (a) the degrouped company acquired an asset under a relevant transfer at a time falling before it ceases to be a member of the new group, and

      (b) at the time of acquisition the degrouped company and the transferor were not members of the new group.

    (4) On the degrouped company ceasing to be a member of the new group section 179 of the 1992 Act is to have effect as if the degrouped company and the transferor had been members of the new group at the time of acquisition.

    (5) But sub-paragraph (4) does not apply if—

      (a) at the time when the degrouped company ceases to be a member of the new group the transferor also ceases to be a member of the new group, and

      (b) the companies are associated companies immediately before and immediately after that time and at the time of acquisition.

    (6) Expressions used in this paragraph and in section 179 of the 1992 Act have the same meanings in this paragraph as in that section.'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

348

Schedule     7,     page     164,     line     40,     leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert—

      '(a) property which is plant or machinery is the subject of a relevant transfer,

      (b) section 343 of the 1988 Act (company reconstructions without a change of ownership) does not apply in relation to the transfer, and'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

349

Schedule     7,     page     164,     line     46,     leave out 'those' and insert 'the Capital Allowances'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

350

Schedule     7,     page     165,     line     9,     leave out sub-paragraph (3).

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

351

Schedule     7,     page     166,     line     14,     leave out from 'of' to end of line 19 and insert 'which the transferor ceases to carry on a trade and the transferee begins to carry it on.'.

   

Mr Nick Raynsford

352

Schedule     7,     page     166,     line     19,     at end insert—

    '(1A) A transferor treated as ceasing to carry on a trade for the purposes of section 343 of the 1988 Act (company reconstructions without a change of ownership) is to be so treated for the purposes of this paragraph.

    (1B) A transferee treated as beginning to carry on a trade for the purposes of that section is to be so treated for the purposes of this paragraph.'.

 
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