Finance (No. 2) Act, 1998

Amendment of section 112 (stamp duty on transfers of building land) of Finance Act, 1990.

12.Section 112 of the Finance Act, 1990 , is hereby amended—

(a) in subsection (1) (inserted by the Finance Act, 1993 ) by the substitution of the following paragraphs for paragraphs (a) and (b):

“(a) in the case of such sale, under the Heading ‘CONVEYANCE or TRANSFER on sale of any property other than stocks or marketable securities or a policy of insurance or a policy of life insurance’ in the First Schedule (as amended by the Finance Act, 1970 , and subsequent enactments) to the Stamp Act, 1891, as if the property concerned were residential property on an amount equal to the aggregate of—

(i) any consideration paid in respect of the sale of that land, and

(ii) any consideration paid, or to be paid, in respect of the building of the dwellinghouse or apartment on that land;

(b) in the case of such lease, under subparagraph (a) of paragraph (3) of the Heading ‘LEASE’ in the First Schedule (as amended by the Finance Act, 1970 , and subsequent enactments) to the Stamp Act, 1891, as if the property concerned were residential property on an amount equal to the aggregate of—

(i) any consideration (other than rent) paid in respect of the lease of that land, and

(ii) any consideration paid, or to be paid, in respect of the building of the dwellinghouse or apartment on that land.”,

and

(b) in paragraph (a) of subsection (3) by the substitution of “the aggregate consideration which is chargeable under subsection (1)” for “such aggregate consideration”.