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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 21Prevention of SDLT avoidance

Exchanges

4(1)Paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 (chargeable consideration: exchanges) is amended as follows.

(2)In sub-paragraph (3)—

(a)for paragraph (a)(i) and (ii) substitute—

(i)the amount determined under sub-paragraph (3A) in respect of the acquisition, or

(ii)if greater, the amount which would be the chargeable consideration for the acquisition ignoring paragraph 5;, and

(b)for paragraph (b)(i) and (ii) substitute—

(i)the amount determined under sub-paragraph (3A) in respect of that acquisition, or

(ii)if greater, the amount which would be the chargeable consideration for that acquisition ignoring paragraph 5;.

(3)After that sub-paragraph insert—

(3A)The amount mentioned in sub-paragraph (3)(a)(i) and (b)(i) is—

(a)the market value of the subject-matter of the acquisition, and

(b)if the acquisition is the grant of a lease at a rent, that rent.