Value Added Tax Act 1994

Meaning of “special residential conversion”U.K.

7(1)A “special residential conversion” is a conversion of premises consisting of—

(a)a building or two or more buildings,

(b)a part of a building or two or more parts of buildings, or

(c)a combination of—

(i)a building or two or more buildings, and

(ii)a part of a building or two or more parts of buildings,

where the conditions specified in this paragraph are satisfied.

[F1(2)The first condition is that—

(a)the use to which the premises being converted were last put before the conversion was not to any extent use for a relevant residential purpose, and

(b)those premises are intended to be used solely for a relevant residential purpose after the conversion.]

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(6)The [F5second] condition is that, where the relevant residential purpose [F6for which the premises are intended to be used] is an institutional purpose, the premises being converted must be intended to form after the conversion the entirety of an institution used for that purpose.

(7)In sub-paragraph (6) “institutional purpose” means a purpose within paragraph 6(a) to (c), (f) or (g).

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 7A Pt. 2 Group 6 Note 7(2) substituted (1.6.2002) by The Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1100), art. 4(c)(i)

F2Sch. 7A Pt. 2 Group 6 Note 7(3) omitted (1.6.2002) by virtue of The Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1100), art. 4(c)(ii)

F3Sch. 7A Pt. 2 Group 6 Note 7(4) omitted (1.6.2002) by virtue of The Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1100), art. 4(c)(ii)

F4Sch. 7A Pt. 2 Group 6 Note 7(5) omitted (1.6.2002) by virtue of The Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1100), art. 4(c)(ii)

F5Word in Sch. 7A Pt. 2 Group 6 Note 7(6) substituted (1.6.2002) by The Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1100), art. 4(c)(iii)(a)

F6Words in Sch. 7A Pt. 2 Group 6 Note 7(6) inserted (1.6.2002) by The Value Added Tax (Reduced Rate) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1100), art. 4(c)(iii)(b)