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Part 4U.K.Stamp duty land tax

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3Pt. 4 modified (17.7.2013) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), s. 194(8)-(12)

C4Pt. 4 applied (17.7.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), ss. 223(8)(9)(d)

C5Pt. 4 modified (temp.) (22.7.2020) by Stamp Duty Land Tax (Temporary Relief) Act 2020 (c. 15), s. 1 (as amended (10.6.2021) by 2021 c. 26, s. 87(2))

C6Pt. 4 modified (temp.) (10.6.2021) by 2020 c. 15, s. 1A (as inserted by Finance Act 2021 (c. 26), s. 87(3))

Land transactionsU.K.

46Options and rights of pre-emptionU.K.

(1)The acquisition of—

(a)an option binding the grantor to enter into a land transaction, or

(b)a right of pre-emption preventing the grantor from entering into, or restricting the right of the grantor to enter into, a land transaction,

is a land transaction distinct from any land transaction resulting from the exercise of the option or right.

They may be “linked transactions” (see section 108).

(2)The reference in subsection (1)(a) to an option binding the grantor to enter into a land transaction includes an option requiring the grantor either to enter into a land transaction or to discharge his obligations under the option in some other way.

(3)The effective date of the transaction in the case of the acquisition of an option or right such as is mentioned in subsection (1) is when the option or right is acquired (as opposed to when it becomes exercisable).

(4)Nothing in this section applies to so much of an option or right of pre-emption as constitutes or forms part of a land transaction apart from this section.

Commencement Information

I1Pt. 4 wholly in force at Royal Assent subject to Sch. 19, see s. 124, Sch. 19 para. 1(1)