Succession Duty Act, 1853

Duties on successions.

10. There shall be levied and paid to her Majesty in respect of every such succession as aforesaid, according to the value thereof, the following duties; (that is to say,)

Where the successor shall be the lineal issue or lineal ancestor of the predecessor, a duty at the rate of one pound per centum upon such value:

Where the successor shall be a brother or sister, or a descendant of a brother or sister of the predecessor, a duty at the rate of three pounds per centum upon such value:

Where the successor shall be a brother or sister of the father or mother, or a descendant of a brother or sister of the father or mother of the predecessor, a duty at the rate of five pounds per centum upon such value:

Where the successor shall be a brother or sister of the grandfather or grandmother, or a descendant of the brother or sister of the grandfather or grandmother of the predecessor, a duty at the rate of six pounds per centum upon such value:

Where the successor shall be in any other degree of collateral consanguinity to the predecessor than is herein-before described, or shall be a stranger in blood to him, a duty at the rate of ten pounds per centum upon such value.