2009 No. 2095

Stamp Duty Land Tax

The Stamp Duty Land Tax (Use of Information Contained in Land Transaction Returns) Regulations 2009

Made

Laid before the House of Commons

Coming into force

The Treasury, make the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 78A(1)(d) and 114(6) of the Finance Act 20031.

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Stamp Duty Land Tax (Use of Information Contained in Land Transaction Returns) Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on 21st August 2009.

Interpretation2

In these Regulations—

  • “land transaction return” means a return complying with the requirements imposed by Part 1 of Schedule 10 to the Finance Act 2003 (stamp duty land tax: land transaction returns) and regulations under that Part;

  • “DFP” means Department of Finance and Personnel as set out in the Departments (Northern Ireland) Order 19992.

Disclosure and use of land transaction information to and by the Commissioner of Valuation for Northern Ireland and District Valuers in Northern Ireland3

1

Relevant information3 may be made available for use by the Commissioner of Valuation for Northern Ireland and District Valuers in Northern Ireland for the purposes of, the exercise of any statutory function of the Commissioner or District Valuers (as the case may be).

2

Relevant information made available for use by the Commissioner of Valuation for Northern Ireland or District Valuers in Northern Ireland under this regulation may be disclosed by the Commissioner of Valuation for Northern Ireland or District Valuers in Northern Ireland to DFP for the purposes of regulation 4.

Disclosure and use of land transaction information to and by the Department of Finance and Personnel4

1

Relevant information may be available for use by DFP for the purposes of any lawful function of DFP but must not be used in any way which would permit any person other than an officer of DFP to identify the vendor or the purchaser4.

2

Relevant information made available for use by DFP under this regulation must not be disclosed outside DFP without the consent of the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. Such consent may be general or specific.

Alistair DarlingDave WattsTwo of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations provide a regulatory framework within which information from Land Transaction Returns in respect of Stamp Duty Land Tax can be disclosed to the Commissioner of Valuation for Northern Ireland and District Valuers in Northern Ireland.

Regulations 1 and 2 provide for the citation, commencement and interpretation of these Regulations.

Regulation 3 provides for the disclosure of land transaction information to the Commissioner of Valuation for Northern Ireland and District Valuers in Northern Ireland, and by the Commissioner of Valuation for Northern Ireland and District Valuers in Northern Ireland to DFP.

Regulation 4 prescribes the purposes for which land transaction information may be disclosed to, and used by, DFP.

A full Impact Assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.