Value Added Tax Act 1994

Meaning of “alteration” and “qualifying residential premises” U.K.

[F1 2  

(1) For the purposes of this Group—

• “alteration” includes extension;

• “qualifying residential premises” means—

  (a)

  a single household dwelling,

  (b)

  a multiple occupancy dwelling, or

  (c)

  a building, or part of a building, which, when it was last lived in, was used for a relevant residential purpose.

(2) Where a building, when it was last lived in, formed part of a relevant residential unit then, to the extent that it would not be so regarded otherwise, the building shall be treated as having been used for a relevant residential purpose.

(3) A building forms part of a relevant residential unit at any time when—

(a) it is one of a number of buildings on the same site, and

(b) the buildings are used together as a unit for a relevant residential purpose.

(4) The following expressions have the same meaning in this Group as they have in Group 6—

• “multiple occupancy dwelling”(paragraph 4(2) of the Notes to that Group);

• “single household dwelling”(paragraph 4(1) of the Notes);

• “use for a relevant residential purpose”(paragraph 6 of the Notes).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 7A Pt. 2 Group 7 Note 2 substituted (1.6.2002) by The Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1100), art. 5(d)