Commentary on Sections Overview Chapter 2: Accrued income profits and losses Section 675: The holding of securities
1998.This section sets out when someone is regarded as holding securities for the purposes of the Chapter. It is based on section 710(7), (8) and (10) of ICTA.
1999.This definition is needed for the “small holdings” tests in sections 639 to 641.
2000.Subsection (3) ensures that in Scotland, as elsewhere in the United Kingdom, transfers of securities involving partnerships are treated as though they were carried out by the individual partners and securities held by partnerships are treated as held by the individual partners. (In contrast to the rest of the United Kingdom, where a partnership has no separate legal personality, a partnership under Scots law is a legal person distinct from the partners it comprises.)