The Stamp Duty Land Tax (Administration) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

Made25th November 2004

Laid before the House of Commons29th November 2004

Coming into force6th December 2004

The Commissioners of Inland Revenue in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 113(2) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 10 to, the Finance Act 20031 make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Stamp Duty Land Tax (Administration) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 6th December 2004.

Amendment to the Stamp Duty Land Tax (Administration) Regulations 2003

2

Amend the Stamp Duty Land Tax (Administration) Regulations 20032 (“the 2003 Regulations”) as follows.

3

For the form prescribed by Part 4 of Schedule 2 substitute the form prescribed in the Schedule to these Regulations.

Transitional provision4

In relation to forms delivered before 1st April 2005, the requirement to make a land transaction return on the form prescribed by Part 4 of Schedule 2 to the 2003 Regulations containing the information required by that form, is satisfied by making a return—

a

on the form prescribed in the Schedule to these Regulations containing the information required by that form, or

b

on the form formerly prescribed by Part 4 of Schedule 2 to the 2003 Regulations containing the information required by that form.

Ann ChantDave HartnettTwo of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue25th November 2004

SCHEDULE

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(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations amend the Stamp Duty Land Tax (Administration) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2837) to substitute a new prescribed form in Part 4 of Schedule 2 to those Regulations for the purpose of a land transaction return.

The Regulations make transitional provision so that until 31st March 2005 either the form prescribed by them, or the form which it replaces, may be used.

These Regulations do not impose any new costs on business.