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href="#">(2)</ref>,</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-building-control-event" eId="term-building-control-event">building control event</term>” has the meaning given by <ref href="#">section 3</ref><ref href="#">(1)</ref>,</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-construction" eId="term-construction">construction</term>” has the meaning given by <ref href="#">section 3</ref><ref href="#">(3)</ref><ref href="#">(a)</ref>,</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-conversion-works" eId="term-conversion-works">conversion works</term>” has the meaning given by <ref href="#">section 3</ref><ref href="#">(3)</ref><ref href="#">(b)</ref>,</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-exempt-new-residential-unit" eId="term-exempt-new-residential-unit">exempt new residential unit</term>” has the meaning given by <ref href="#">section 5</ref>,</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-financial-year" eId="term-financial-year">financial year</term>” has the meaning given by <ref href="#">section 10</ref><ref href="#">(3)</ref>,</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-the-levy" eId="term-the-levy">the levy</term>” has the meaning given by <ref href="#">section 1</ref><ref href="#">(2)</ref> and references to “tax” are to be construed accordingly,</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-member" eId="term-member">member</term>” and “<term refersTo="#term-representative-member" eId="term-representative-member">representative member</term>”, in relation to a group, are to be construed in accordance with <ref href="#">section 26</ref>,</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-new-residential-unit" eId="term-new-residential-unit">new residential unit</term>” has the meaning given by <ref href="#">section 4</ref><ref href="#">(1)</ref>,</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-non-resident-taxpayer" eId="term-non-resident-taxpayer">non-resident taxpayer</term>” has the meaning given by <ref href="#">section 23</ref><ref href="#">(2)</ref>,</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-owner" eId="term-owner">owner</term>” has the meaning given by <ref href="#">section 8</ref><ref href="#">(2)</ref>,</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-the-register" eId="term-the-register">the register</term>” means the register maintained by Revenue Scotland under <ref href="#">section 14</ref>,</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-registered" eId="term-registered">registered</term>” means registered in the register maintained by Revenue Scotland under <ref href="#">section 14</ref>,</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-registrable-event" eId="term-registrable-event">registrable event</term>” has the meaning given by <ref href="#">section 15</ref><ref href="#">(2)</ref>,</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-registrable-person" eId="term-registrable-person">registrable person</term>” has the meaning given by <ref href="#">section 15</ref><ref href="#">(8)</ref>,</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-return" eId="term-return">return</term>” means a return required by regulations under <ref href="#">section 19</ref>,</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-tax-representative" eId="term-tax-representative">tax representative</term>”, in relation to any person, means a person who, in accordance with any regulation under <ref href="#">section 23</ref><ref href="#">(1)</ref>, is for the time being that person’s tax representative for the purposes of the levy,</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-taxable-building-control-event" eId="term-taxable-building-control-event">taxable building control event</term>” is to be construed in accordance with Step 4 of <ref href="#">section 10</ref><ref href="#">(1)</ref>,</p></content></hcontainer><hcontainer name="definition"><content><p>“<term refersTo="#term-taxpayer" eId="term-taxpayer">taxpayer</term>” has the meaning given by <ref href="#">section 10</ref><ref href="#">(1)</ref>.</p></content></hcontainer></subsection><subsection eId="section-47-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>For the purposes of this Act, a person is resident in the United Kingdom at any time if, at that time—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-47-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>that person has an established place of business in the United Kingdom,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-47-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>that person has a usual place of residence in the United Kingdom, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-47-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>that person is a firm or unincorporated body which (without being resident in the United Kingdom by virtue of <ref href="#section-47-2-a">paragraph (a)</ref>) has amongst its partners or members at least one individual with a usual place of residence in the United Kingdom.</p></content></level></subsection></section></part></body></act></akomaNtoso>