Paragraph 20

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 13 para. 3 repealed (prosp.) by Finance Act 1999 s. 123(3) s. 123(4) 139 Sch. 20 Pt. 5(6) Note
Sch. 13 para. 4 repealed in part (prosp.) by Finance Act 1999 s. 123(3) s. 123(4) 139 Sch. 20 Pt. 5(6) Note
Sch. 13 para. 6 restricted (1.10.1999) by Finance Act 1999 s. 112(4) s. 112(6) 122 Sch. 14 para. 27 (subst. 1991 c. 31 s. 113(1))
Sch. 13 para. 7 24 repealed in part (prosp.) by Finance Act 1999 s. 123(3) s. 123(4) 139 Sch. 20 Pt. 5(6) Note

(1)

An instrument (not itself a lease)—

(a)

by which it is agreed that the rent reserved by a lease should be increased, or

(b)

which confirms or records any such agreement made otherwise than in writing,

is chargeable with the same duty as if it were a lease in consideration of the additional rent made payable by it.

(2)

Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply to an instrument giving effect to provision in the lease for periodic review of the rent reserved by it.

Notes on Schedule 13

C1: Sch. 13 restricted (10.7.2003) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), s. 125(1) (with s. 125(8))
C2: Sch. 13 excluded (with effect in accordance with Sch. 24 para. 12(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 24 para. 5