Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 17A inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 39 para. 26 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), Sch. 39 para. 22(2) (which amending provision re-enacts, subject to certain changes, a corresponding amendment made by the now revoked Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Land Tax (Variation of the Finance Act 2003) (No. 2) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2816), see Sch. 39 para. 14) (with Sch. 39 paras. 11, 13(5))
12(1)Where a lease is assigned, anything that but for the assignment would be required or authorised to be done by or in relation to the assignor under or by virtue of—U.K.
(a)section 80 (adjustment where contingency ceases or consideration is ascertained),
(b)section 81A (return or further return in consequence of later linked transaction),
(c)paragraph 3 or 4 of this Schedule (return or further return required where lease for indefinite period continues), or
(d)paragraph 8 of this Schedule (adjustment where rent ceases to be uncertain),
shall, if the event giving rise to the adjustment or return occurs after the effective date of the assignment, be done instead by or in relation to the assignee.
(2)So far as necessary for giving effect to sub-paragraph (1) anything previously done by or in relation to the assignor shall be treated as if it had been done by or in relation to the assignee.
(3)This paragraph does not apply if the assignment falls to be treated as the grant of a lease by the assignor (see paragraph 11).]