Finance Act 1969

47 Relief for land bought between 22nd September 1965 and 6th April 1967. U.K.

(1) In Schedule 5 to the Land Commission Act 1967 insert the following paragraphs after paragraph 10 (which gives relief for acquisitions in the period between 22nd September 1965 and 6th April 1967)—

Plots for single houses

10A (1) Paragraph 10(1) above shall apply if it is shown to the satisfaction of the Commission that at the time of the disposition the person becoming entitled to the chargeable interest in the land comprised in the disposition intended to erect a single dwelling-house on the land, and did not intend to erect any other building on the land or to dispose of any part of the land suitable for material development.

(2) If the disposition was made in pursuance of an enforceable contract made after 22nd September 1965 sub-paragraph (1) above shall apply with the substitution for the reference to the time of the disposition of a reference to either that time or to the time of the making of the contract.

(3) In this paragraph the reference to a dwelling-house includes a reference to any garage, out-house, garden, yard, court, forecourt or other appurtenance for occupation with, and for the purposes of, the dwelling-house.

(4) Section 8 1 (5) of this Act (penalty for false information) shall apply as respects any statement given for the purposes of this paragraph as it applies to a statement giving information required under Part III of this Act.

Other purchases in interim period

10B (1) Paragraph 10(1) above shall apply if—

(a) the amount of the consideration given for the disposition does not exceed £2,500, and

(b) where that amount is the result of an apportionment under paragraph 14 of Schedule 6 to this Act, the amount before apportionment does not exceed £2,500.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, if the said amount of the consideration exceeds £2,500, the grantee may (if that would give him more relief than he could get otherwise under paragraph 10(1) above or paragraph 11 below) be treated for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above as if that amount were £2,500, but, if he is so treated, he shall also be so treated for the purposes of paragraph 7 above, and of all the other provisions of Part 111 of this Act.

(3) If the amount of the consideration given for the disposition is the result of such an apportionment, and the amount before apportionment exceeds £2,500, sub-paragraph (2) above shall not apply, but the grantee may (if that would give him relief) be treated as if the amount before apportionment were £2,500, so that the amount of the consideration given for the disposition is reduced to the relevant apportioned part of that £2,500 both for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above and for the purposes of all other provisions of Part III of this Act, including paragraph 7 above.”

(2) At the end of the said paragraph 10(1) insert “or if paragraph 10A or 10B below applies:

Provided that the said paragraphs 10A and 10B shall not apply except where they afford relief."

(3) The M1 Land Commission Act 1967 shall be deemed always to have had effect as amended by this section, and any regulations under that Act expressed to relate to relief corresponding to any relief conferred by this section may, notwithstanding anything in that Act, apply to chargeable acts or events at any time after 5th April 1967.

(4) The Commission shall make all such repayments of levy and interest received by them as are required to give effect to subsection (3) above, and shall deduct the amount so repaid from the sums falling to be paid into the Exchequer under section 4(2) of the said Act.

(5) Any objection to a notice of assessment of levy on the ground that the amendments made by this section affect the amount of the levy may be made under section 46 of the said Act at any time before 1st January 1970, although out of time under that section.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of ss. 1(4), 43–49, Sch. 9 paras. 22–24 and Sch. 20 para. 11 and Sch. 21 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in the Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

Marginal Citations

M1 1967 c. 1.