Finance Act 2003

[F1Declaration by the relevant Official SolicitorU.K.

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 10 paras. 1A, 1B and cross-headings inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Stamp Duty Land Tax (Land Transaction Returns) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/3208), regs. 1, 3(b)

1B.(1)Where —U.K.

(a)the purchaser (or any of them) is a person under a disability,

(b)the Official Solicitor is acting for the purchaser (or any of them), and

(c)the land transaction return includes a declaration by the Official Solicitor that the return is to the best of his knowledge correct and complete,

the requirement in paragraph 1(1)(c) shall be deemed to be met.

(2)Sub-paragraph (1) applies only where the return is in a form specified by the Inland Revenue for the purposes of that sub-paragraph.

(3)Nothing in this paragraph affects the liability of the purchaser (or each of them) under this Part of this Act.

(4)In this paragraph “the Official Solicitor” means the Official Solicitor to the Supreme Court of England and Wales or the Official Solicitor to the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland (as the case requires).]