Contracts entered into on or before 1st May 2012
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1
This article applies to contracts entered into on or before 1st May 2012 for a land transaction under which the transaction is to be completed by a conveyance and there is an effective date in relation to the transaction after the commencement date.
2
Where this article applies and the transaction is excluded by a section 29(6) event, sections 9 and 10 of the Act apply subject to paragraph (3).
3
This paragraph applies where there has been substantial performance of the contract under section 44(4) of the 2003 Act and tax in respect of the substantial performance has been paid to HMRC under the 2003 Act.
4
Where paragraph (3) applies, section 10(3)(b) of the Act shall apply except that the tax is chargeable on the latter transaction to the extent (if any) that the amount of tax chargeable on it is greater than the amount of tax chargeable on the contract under the 2003 Act and paid to HMRC (as referred to in paragraph (3)).
Art. 3 in force at 1.4.2015, see art. 1
Words in art. 3 heading inserted (1.4.2015) by The Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/71), arts. 1, 2
Words in art. 3(1) inserted (1.4.2015) by The Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/71), arts. 1, 2