In short
This law allows the Minister for Finance to buy specific shares in The Industrial and Life Assurance Amalgamation Company, Limited, and outlines how these purchases will be funded.
What it regulates
- The power of the Minister for Finance to purchase certain shares.
- The price limit for purchasing these shares.
- Exemption from stamp duty for these share transfers.
- How the purchase of these shares will be financed from the Central Fund.
Who it concerns
- The Minister for Finance.
- The Industrial and Life Assurance Amalgamation Company, Limited (referred to as "the Terminating Company").
- Specific "British holding Companies" (Britannic Assurance Company, Limited; Pearl Assurance Company, Limited; Prudential Assurance Company, Limited; Refuge Assurance Company, Limited; Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society).
Key points
- The Minister may purchase "A" ordinary shares of two shillings each from any British holding Company in the Terminating Company.
- The purchase price for these shares cannot exceed three shillings per share.
- No stamp duty is required for the transfer of shares bought under this Act.
- Money for these share purchases will come from the Central Fund, and the Minister can borrow funds for this purpose.
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The Industrial and Life Assurance Amalgamation Company, Limited (Acquisition of Shares) Act, 1947
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The Industrial and Life Assurance Amalgamation Company, Limited (Acquisition of Shares) Act, 1947
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Number 6 of 1947.
THE INDUSTRIAL AND LIFE ASSURANCE AMALGAMATION COMPANY, LIMITED (ACQUISITION OF SHARES), ACT, 1947.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1.
Definitions.
2.
Power of Minister to purchase certain shares of the Terminating Company.
3.
Application of section 6 of the Insurance (Amendment) Act, 1938.
4.
Advances of moneys out of the Central Fund.
5.
Short title.
Acts Referred to
Insurance (Amendment) Act, 1938
No. 31 of 1938
Number 6 of 1947.
THE INDUSTRIAL AND LIFE ASSURANCE AMALGAMATION COMPANY, LIMITED (ACQUISITION OF SHARES), ACT, 1947.
AN ACT TO AUTHORISE THE MINISTER FOR FINANCE TO PURCHASE CERTAIN SHARES OF THE INDUSTRIAL AND LIFE ASSURANCE AMALGAMATION COMPANY, LIMITED, AND TO PROVIDE FOR MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTER AFORESAID. [26th March, 1947.]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:â
Definitions.
1.âIn this Actâ
the expression âBritish holding Companyâ means any body beingâ
(a) the Britannic Assurance Company, Limited, or
(b) the Pearl Assurance Company, Limited, or
(c) the Prudential Assurance Company, Limited, or
(d) the Refuge Assurance Company, Limited, or
(e) the Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society;
the expression âthe Ministerâ means the Minister for Finance.
the expression âthe Terminating Companyâ means The Industrial and Life Assurance Amalgamation Company, Limited.
Power of Minister to purchase certain shares of the Terminating Company.
2.â(1) The Minister may purchase the âAâ ordinary shares of two shillings each held by any British holding Company in the Terminating Company at a price not exceeding three shillings per share.
(2) No stamp duty shall be payable in respect of the transfer of shares purchased under this section.
Application of section 6 of the Insurance (Amendment) Act, 1938.
3.âThe references, in subsections (2) and (3) of
section 6
of the
Insurance (Amendment) Act, 1938
(No. 31 of 1938), to shares of the Terminating Company shall be construed as including references to shares of the Terminating Company purchased by the Minister under this Act.
Advances of moneys out of the Central Fund.
4.â(1) All moneys from time to time required by the Minister to pay for any shares of the Terminating Company purchased by him under this Act shall be advanced out of the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof.
(2) For the purpose of providing moneys for the sums advanced out of the Central Fund under this section the Minister may borrow from any person any sum or sums, and for the purpose of such borrowing the Minister may create and issue securities bearing such rate of interest and subject to such conditions as to repayment, redemption or otherwise as he thinks fit, and shall pay the moneys so borrowed into the Exchequer.
(3) The principal of and interest on any securities issued by the Minister under this section and the expenses incurred in connection with the issue of such securities shall be charged on and payable out of the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof.
Short title.
5.âThis Act may be cited as The Industrial and Life Assurance Amalgamation Company, Limited (Acquisition of Shares) Act, 1947.
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