129 Exemption from duty on grants, transfers to charities, etc. U.K.
(1)Where any conveyance, transfer or lease is made or agreed to be made to a body of persons established for charitable purposes only or to the trustees of a trust so established or to the Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, no stamp duty shall be chargeable by virtue of—
(a)any of the following headings in Schedule 1 to the Stamp Act 1891, namely, “Conveyance or Transfer on Sale”, “Conveyance or Transfer of any kind not hereinbefore described” and “Lease or Tack”, . . . F1
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
on the instrument by which the conveyance, transfer or lease, or the agreement for it, is effected.
(2)An instrument in respect of which stamp duty is not chargeable by virtue only of subsection (1) above shall not be treated as duly stamped unless it is stamped in accordance with section 12 of the M1 Stamp Act 1891 with a stamp denoting that it is not chargeable with any duty.
(3)This section applies to instruments executed on or after 22nd March 1982 and shall be deemed to have come into force on that date.
Textual Amendments
F1Word repealed by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 114), s. 98(6), Sch. 27 Pt. IX(1)
F2S. 129(1)(b) repealed by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 114), s. 98(6), Sch. 27 Pt. IX(1)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 129 modified by Finance Act 1983 (c. 28, SIF 63:1), s. 46(3)(c)
C2S. 129 excluded (6.5.1992) by Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13), s. 88(2); S.I. 1992/831, art. 2, Sch.1
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