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Order made by the Scottish Ministers laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 68(4) of the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Act 2013 for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament within 28 days beginning with the day on which the Order was made, not taking into account periods of dissolution or recess for more than 4 days.
Scottish Statutory Instruments
Land And Buildings Transaction Tax
Made
at 2.15 p.m. on 6th February 2020
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
at 4.00 p.m. on 6th February 2020
Coming into force
7th February 2020
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 24(1) and paragraph 3 of schedule 19 of the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Act 2013(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Tax Rates and Tax Bands) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020 and comes into force on 7 February 2020.
(2) This Order has effect in relation to land transactions in relation to which the effective date is on or after 7 February 2020.
(3) In this Order, "the Order" means the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Tax Rates and Tax Bands) (Scotland) Order 2015(2).
2. Table C (Rent) of the schedule of the Order is amended as follows-
(a)in the third row (first tax band), in the second column after "£150,000" insert " but not more than £2 million",
(b)after the third row (first tax band), insert-
| "second tax band | More than £2 million | 2%" |
3. This Order does not have effect in relation to any land transaction in relation to which the effective date is on or after 7 February 2020 if contracts for the land transaction have been entered into prior to 6 February 2020.
KATE FORBES
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew's House,
Edinburgh
At 2.15 p.m. on 6th February 2020
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Tax Rates and Tax Bands) (Scotland) Order 2015 to change the first tax band and to add in an additional tax band as set out in Table C (Rent) of the schedule of that Order.
S.S.I. 2015/126, as amended by S.S.I. 2018/372.