PART I GENERAL

Rates

C1C2C3C4C7C8C98 Indexation of rate bands.

C5C61

If the F6consumer prices index for the month of September in any year is higher than it was for the F1previous September, then, unless Parliament otherwise determines, section 7 above and Schedule 1 to this Act shall apply to chargeable transfers made on or after 6th April in the following year with the substitution of F2a new Table for the Table applying (whether by virtue of this section or otherwise) to earlier chargeable transfers.

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The new F4Table shall differ from the F4Table it replaces in that for each of the amounts specified in the first and second columns there shall be substituted amounts arrived at by increasing the previous amounts by the same percentage as the percentage increase in the F7consumer prices index and, if the result is not a multiple of £1,000, rounding it up to the nearest amount which is such a multiple.

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In this section, “consumer prices index” means the all items consumer prices index published by the Statistics Board.

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The Treasury shall before 6th April F11994 and each subsequent 6th April make an order specifying the amounts which by virtue of this section will be treated, in relation to chargeable transfers on or after that date, as specified in the F5Table in Schedule 1 to this Act; and any such order shall be made by statutory instrument.