Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Act 2013

Relevant owner

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23(1)For the purposes of paragraph 22 (see Step 1), a person is a relevant owner if—

(a)immediately after the land transfer, the person is entitled to a proportion of the chargeable interest, and

(b)immediately before the land transfer, the person was a partner or connected with a partner.

(2)For the purposes of this paragraph and paragraph 22, persons who are entitled to a chargeable interest as joint owners are taken to be entitled to the chargeable interest as common owners in equal shares.