Finance Act 2003

Application of disadvantaged areas reliefU.K.

[F126(1)Schedule 6 (disadvantaged areas relief) applies to the transfer of an interest in a partnership that is a chargeable transaction by virtue of paragraph 14 or 17 with these modifications.

(2)For paragraph 3 substitute—

“3(1)This Part of this Schedule applies to a transfer of an interest in a partnership that is a chargeable transaction by virtue of paragraph 14 of Schedule 15 if every chargeable interest comprising the relevant partnership property is a chargeable interest in relation to land that is wholly situated in a disadvantaged area.

(2)This Part of this Schedule applies to a transfer of an interest in a partnership that is a chargeable transaction by virtue of paragraph 17 of Schedule 15 if the subject matter of the land transfer is a chargeable interest in relation to land that is wholly situated in a disadvantaged area.”.

(3)In paragraph 5, for sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) substitute—

“(2)If the relevant consideration does not exceed £150,000 the transaction is exempt from charge.”.

(4)For paragraph 6 substitute—

“6(1)This paragraph applies where the land is partly non-residential property and partly residential property.

(2)The non-residential proportion of the chargeable consideration for the transaction does not count as chargeable consideration.

(3)The non-residential proportion is the proportion of the market value of the relevant property that, on a just and reasonable apportionment, is attributable to land that is non-residential property.

(4)If the relevant consideration does not exceed £150,000, none of the residential proportion of the chargeable consideration counts as chargeable consideration.

(5)The residential proportion is the proportion of the market value of the relevant property that, on a just and reasonable apportionment, is attributable to land that is residential property.”.

(5)For paragraph 7 substitute—

“7(1)This Part of this Schedule applies to a transfer of an interest in a partnership that is a chargeable transaction by virtue of paragraph 14 of Schedule 15 if—

(a)some (but not all) of the chargeable interests comprising the relevant partnership property are chargeable interests in relation to land that is wholly situated in a disadvantaged area, or

(b)any chargeable interest comprised in the relevant partnership property is a chargeable interest in relation to land that is partly situated in a disadvantaged area and partly situated outside such an area.

(2)This Part of this Schedule applies to a transfer of an interest in a partnership that is a chargeable transaction by virtue of paragraph 17 of Schedule 15 if the subject matter of the land transfer is a chargeable interest in relation to land that is partly situated in a disadvantaged area and partly situated outside such an area.

(3)In this Part—

(a)references to the disadvantaged-area proportion are to the proportion of the market value of the relevant property that, on a just and reasonable apportionment, is attributable to land situated in a disadvantaged area;

(b)references to the advantaged-area proportion are to the proportion of the market value of the relevant property that, on a just and reasonable apportionment, is attributable to land that is situated outside a disadvantaged area.”.

(6)In paragraph 8, for “consideration attributable to the land situated in the disadvantaged area” substitute “ disadvantaged-area proportion of the chargeable consideration ”.

(7)In paragraph 9, for sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) substitute—

“(2)If the relevant consideration does not exceed £150,000 none of the disadvantaged-area proportion of the chargeable consideration counts as chargeable consideration.”.

(8)For paragraph 10 substitute—

“10(1)This paragraph applies where the land situated in a disadvantaged area is partly non-residential property and partly residential property.

(2)The non-residential proportion of the disadvantaged-area proportion of the chargeable consideration for the transaction does not count as chargeable consideration.

(3)The non-residential proportion is the proportion of the disadvantaged-area proportion of the market value of the relevant property that, on a just and reasonable apportionment, is attributable to land that is not residential property.

(4)If the relevant consideration does not exceed £150,000, none of the residential proportion of the disadvantaged-area proportion of the chargeable consideration counts as chargeable consideration.

(5)The residential proportion is the proportion of the disadvantaged-area proportion of the market value of the relevant property that, on a just and reasonable apportionment, is attributable to land that is residential property.”.

(9)After paragraph 11 (1) insert—

“(1A)In this Schedule—

“the land transfer” means the transaction that is the land transfer for the purposes of paragraph 17 of Schedule 15;

“the relevant partnership property” has the meaning given by paragraph 14(5) of Schedule 15;

“the relevant property”—

(a)in the case of a transfer of an interest in a partnership that is a chargeable transaction by virtue of paragraph 14 of Schedule 15, means the relevant partnership property;

(b)in the case of a transfer of an interest in a partnership that is a chargeable transaction by virtue of paragraph 17 of Schedule 15, means the subject matter of the land transfer.

(1B)There is a transfer of an interest in a partnership for the purposes of this Schedule if there is such a transfer for the purposes of Part 3 of Schedule 15 (see paragraph 36 of that Schedule).”.

(10)Omit paragraphs 11(2) and 12.]