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<Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-d07a0779688add2919fd2a5b67dc9900"/>11</Pnumber>
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<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
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<Text>The Scottish Ministers may, by regulations, make provision for and in connection with reliefs from the levy in relation to certain building control events, which may be deducted under Step 2 of section 10(1).</Text>
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<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
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<Text>The Scottish Ministers must, as soon as reasonably practicable after the day on which subsection (1) comes into force, lay before the Scottish Parliament for approval by resolution a draft Scottish statutory instrument containing the first regulations under subsection (1).</Text>
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<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
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<Text>If the Scottish Parliament approves the draft Scottish statutory instrument, the Scottish Ministers must make the regulations contained in the draft instrument.</Text>
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<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
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<Text>Regulations under <InternalLink Ref="section-11-1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2026/14/section/11/1" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2026/14/section/11/1">subsection (1)</InternalLink> may, in particular—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>set out a description of a relief and any qualifying conditions,</Text>
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<Text>rules for determining whether the relief applies,</Text>
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<Text>modify an existing relief,</Text>
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<Pnumber>d</Pnumber>
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<Text>remove a relief, or</Text>
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<Pnumber>e</Pnumber>
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<Text>create a relief, or partial relief, for residential units sold to first-time buyers.</Text>
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<Pnumber>5</Pnumber>
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<Text>Regulations under subsection (1) must include a relief for the construction of, or conversion works creating, a new residential unit on brownfield land which must be no less than 50% of the charge of the levy to be applied under this Act.</Text>
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<Pnumber>6</Pnumber>
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<Text>Any relief under the regulations must be claimed in the first return made in relation to the building control event or in an amendment of that return.</Text>
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<Pnumber>7</Pnumber>
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<Text>For the period allowed for amendment of returns, see section 83 of the Revenue Scotland and Tax Powers Act 2014.</Text>
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