Part X U.K. General and Supplementary

General U.K.

[F1 105A.Stamp duty land tax U.K.

(1) A land transaction effected by or in consequence of—

(a) an amalgamation of two or more friendly societies under section 85,

(b) a transfer of the engagements of a friendly society under section 86; or

(c) a transfer of the engagements of a friendly society pursuant to a direction given by the [F2 appropriate authority] under section 90,

is exempt from charge for the purposes of stamp duty land tax.

(2) Relief under this section must be claimed in a land transaction return or an amendment of such a return.

(3) In this section—

• “land transaction” has the meaning given by section 43(1) of the Finance Act 2003;

• “land transaction return” has the meaning given by section 76(1) of that Act.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 105A inserted (1.12.2003) by The Stamp Duty Land Tax (Consequential Amendment of Enactments) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2867), reg. 1, Sch. para. 20

F2 Words in s. 105A(1)(c) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Financial Services Act 2012 (Mutual Societies) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/496), art. 1(1), Sch. 9 para. 44 (with Sch. 12)