C1C2Part 4Stamp duty land tax

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Reliefs

58CF1Relief for new zero-carbon homes: supplemental

1

Regulations under section 58B—

a

shall include provision about the method of claiming relief (including documents or information to be provided), and

b

in particular, shall include provision about the evidence to be adduced to show that a F2dwelling satisfies the definition of “zero-carbon home”.

2

Regulations made by virtue of subsection (1)(b) may, in particular—

a

refer to a scheme or process established by or for the purposes of an enactment about building;

b

establish or provide for the establishment of a scheme or process of certification;

c

specify, or provide for the approval of, one or more schemes or processes for certifying energy efficiency.

3

In defining “zero-carbon home” regulations under section 58B may include requirements which may be satisfied in relation to F3a dwelling either—

a

by features of the F4building which, or part of which, constitutes the dwelling, or

b

by other installations or utilities.

4

Regulations under section 58B may modify the effect of section 108, or another provision of this Part about linked transactions, in relation to a set of transactions of which at least one is the first acquisition of a dwelling which is a zero-carbon home.

5

In determining whether section 116(7) applies, and in the application of section 116(7), a transaction shall be disregarded if or in so far as it involves the first acquisition of a dwelling which is a zero-carbon home.

6

Regulations under section 58B—

a

may provide for relief to be wholly or partly withdrawn if a dwelling ceases to be a zero-carbon home, and

b

may provide for the reduction or withholding of relief where a person acquires more than one zero-carbon home within a specified period.

7

Regulations under section 58B may include provision for relief to be granted in respect of acquisitions occurring during a specified period before the regulations come into force.