Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1B inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 paras. 120, 123 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 1 para. 15
4(1)For the purposes of this Schedule an “interest in land” means—U.K.
(a)an estate, interest, right or power in or over land, or
(b)the benefit of an obligation, restriction or condition affecting the value of an estate, interest, right or power in or over land,
other than an excluded interest.
(2)The following interests are “excluded interests”—
(a)any interest or right held for securing the payment of money or the performance of any other obligation,
(b)a licence to use or occupy land,
(c)in relation to land in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, a tenancy at will or an advowson, franchise or manor, and
(d)such other descriptions of interest or right in relation to land as may be specified in regulations made by the Treasury.
(3)An interest or right is not within sub-paragraph (2)(a) if it is—
(a)a rentcharge, or
(b)in relation to land in Scotland, a feu duty or a payment mentioned in section 56(1) of the Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc (Scotland) Act 2000.
(4)The grant of an option by a person binding the person to dispose of an interest in land is (so far as it would not otherwise be the case) regarded as a disposal of an interest in land by the person for the purposes of this Schedule.
(5)This does not affect the operation of section 144 in relation to the grant of the option (or otherwise).
(6)In applying the domestic concepts of law mentioned in this paragraph to land outside the United Kingdom, this paragraph is to be read so as to produce the result most closely corresponding with that produced in relation to land in the United Kingdom.
(7)In this paragraph—
“franchise” means a grant from the Crown such as the right to hold a market or fair, or the right to take tolls, and
“land” includes—
buildings and structures, and
land under the sea or otherwise covered by water.]