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AI Summary of 90. Amendment to stamp duty rates in respect of residential property

Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 12 November 2024 - onwards

90. Amendment to stamp duty rates in respect of residential property

(1) The Principal Act is amended -

(a) in section 83DB(1), in the definition of "relevant instrument", by the deletion of ", where the instrument was chargeable, in respect of the whole or part of the consideration under the instrument, to stamp duty at a rate of 10 per cent", and

(b) in Schedule 1 -

(i) in 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", by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (1):

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(1)

(a) In this paragraph, 'apartment block', 'relevant residential unit' and 'residential unit' have the same meaning, respectively, as they have in section 31E.

(b) Where the amount or value of the consideration for the sale is wholly or partly attributable to residential property and the transaction effected by that instrument does not form part of a larger transaction or of a series of transactions in respect of which, had there been a larger transaction or a series of transactions, the amount or value, or the aggregate amount or value, of the consideration (other than the consideration for the sale concerned which is wholly or partly attributable to residential property) would have been wholly or partly attributable to residential property: