Finance Act 2000

7 (1) This paragraph applies for the purpose of applying sections 12 to 13B and 15 to 15B of the Stamp Act 1891 (adjudication by Commissioners and interest and penalties on late stamping) in relation to any additional duty chargeable on an instrument to which this Schedule applies. E+W+S+N.I.

(2) Those sections continue to apply without modification as respects any other stamp duty chargeable on the instrument.

(3) Those sections have effect as respects the additional duty as if—

(a) the additional duty were the only stamp duty chargeable on the instrument;

(b) the instrument had been executed on the commencement date; and

(c) in the case of an instrument executed outside the United Kingdom and first received in the United Kingdom before the commencement date, the instrument had been first received in the United Kingdom on the commencement date.

(4) Accordingly, those sections apply as respects additional duty as if—

(a) references to duty were to additional duty;

(b) references to stamping were to stamping with additional duty;

(c) references to an instrument’s being stamped were to its being stamped with additional duty;

(d) references to an instrument’s being duly stamped were to its being stamped with all the additional duty chargeable on it;

(e) references to an instrument’s being unstamped were to its not being stamped with any additional duty;

(f) references to an instrument’s being insufficiently stamped were to its being stamped with insufficient additional duty;

(g) references to adjudication, or an appeal, under any of those sections were to adjudication or an appeal under the section in question as it has effect as respects additional duty; and

(h) references to the maximum penalty were to the maximum penalty as respects additional duty.