24 May 2017
419.Paragraph 6 of this Schedule provides relief from LTT for a land transaction involving the transfer of land or property which is accepted in satisfaction of tax under section 9 of the National Heritage Act 1980 (disposal of property accepted by Commissioners). The land transaction in this situation must transfer the chargeable interest to a person nominated by the Secretary of State or the Welsh Ministers (section 9(4) of the National Heritage Act) or an institution or body defined in section 9(2) of the National Heritage Act as:
any museum, art gallery, library or other similar institution having as a purpose the preservation of a collection of historic, artistic or scientific interest for public benefit;
any body having as a purpose the provision, improvement or preservation of amenities enjoyed or to be enjoyed by the public or the acquisition of land to be used by the public; and
any body having nature conservation as a purpose.