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[F1Minimum consideration ruleU.K.

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F1Sch. 2A inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 39 para. 11 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 39 para. 3

12(1)This paragraph applies where either of the following provisions applies—U.K.

(a)paragraph 4(3) (assignment of rights: chargeable interest acquired or treated as acquired by transferee);

(b)paragraph 9(2) (free-standing transfers: chargeable interest acquired or treated as acquired by transferee).

(2)If there is a relevant connection between parties, then for the purposes of paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 4 the consideration given by the purchaser for the subject-matter of the land transaction referred to in paragraph 4(4) or 9(2) is taken to be—

(a)the amount that it would be apart from this sub-paragraph, or

(b)(if higher) the first minimum amount, or

(c)(if higher than both those amounts) the second minimum amount.

(3)There is a “relevant connection between parties” if—

(a)the persons who are the transferor and transferee in relation to the pre-completion transaction mentioned in paragraph 4(1) or 9(1) (“the implemented transaction”) are connected with each other, or are not acting at arm's length, or

(b)sub-paragraph (4) applies.

(4)This sub-paragraph applies if—

(a)the implemented transaction is one in a chain of successive transactions (all having at least part of their subject-matter in common) that are pre-completion transactions in relation to the original contract, and

(b)a person who is the transferor in relation to a pre-completion transaction that precedes the implemented transaction in the chain of transactions is connected with, or not acting at arm's length in relation to, the transferee under the implemented transaction.

(5)Where the implemented transaction is a pre-completion transaction in relation to—

(a)a contract for a land transaction that is not itself a free-standing transfer in relation to any other contract, and

(b)a contract, or two or more successive contracts, that are themselves free-standing transfers in relation to the contract mentioned in paragraph (a),

references in this paragraph to “the original contract” are to the contract mentioned in paragraph (a) (and do not include any contract mentioned in paragraph (b)).]

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