2014 No. 352
Charities
Land And Buildings Transaction Tax
The Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Definition of Charity) (Relevant Territories) (Scotland) Regulations 2014
Made 4th December 2014
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 8th December 2014
Coming into force 1st April 2015

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by paragraph 15(3)(d) of schedule 13 to the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Act 2013.
2013 asp 11. There are amendments to this Act not relevant to these Regulations.

1 Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Definition of Charity) (Relevant Territories) (Scotland) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st April 2015.

2 Specification of relevant territories
The following territories are specified as relevant territories for the purpose of paragraph 15(1)(b)(i) of schedule 13 to the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Act 2013 (definition of “charity” for the purposes of charities relief)—
(a) the Republic of Iceland;
(b) the Principality of Liechtenstein; and
(c) the Kingdom of Norway.
JOHN SWINNEY A member of the Scottish Government St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 4th December 2014

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations specify the Republic of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway as relevant territories for the purpose of the meaning of a relevant territory in paragraph 15(3) of schedule 13 to the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Act 2013. That schedule provides for charities relief in connection with land and buildings transaction tax.