SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3U.K.Stamp duty land tax: transactions exempt from charge

Transactions in connection with divorce etcU.K.

3U.K.A transaction between one party to a marriage and the other is exempt from charge if it is effected—

(a)in pursuance of an order of a court made on granting in respect of the parties [F1an order or decree for their divorce, the annulment of the marriage or their judicial separation;]

(b)in pursuance of an order of a court made in connection with the dissolution or annulment of the marriage, or the parties' judicial separation, at any time after the granting of such [F2an order or decree for divorce, annulment or judicial separation as is mentioned in paragraph (a);]

(c)in pursuance of—

(i)an order of a court made at any time under section 22A, 23A or 24A of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c. 18), or

(ii)an incidental order of a court made under section 8(2) of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 37) by virtue of section 14(1) of that Act;

(d)at any time in pursuance of an agreement of the parties made in contemplation or otherwise in connection with the dissolution or annulment of the marriage, their judicial separation or the making of a separation order in respect of them.

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