{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-2003/schedule-7A/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/14",
  "legislation_title": "Finance Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/7A/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In this Part of this Schedule, subject to sub-paragraph (2), the “seeding period” means—\n(a) the period beginning with the first property seeding date and ending with the date of the first external investment into the property AIF, or\n(b) if shorter, the period of 18 months beginning with the first property seeding date.\n(2) The property AIF may elect to bring the seeding period to an end sooner than it would otherwise end under sub-paragraph (1).\nWhere an election is made, the seeding period is the period beginning with the first property seeding date and ending with the date specified in the election.\n(3) An election under sub-paragraph (2) may be made—\n(a) by being included in a notice accompanying a claim for PAIF seeding relief (see section 65A), or\n(b) by separate notice in writing to HMRC.\n(4) In sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), “the first property seeding date” means the earliest effective date of a transaction in respect of which conditions A to C in paragraph 1 are met.\n(5) In this paragraph—\n“external investment” means a non-land transaction in which the vendor is an external investor;\n“external investor” means a person other than a person who has been a vendor in a transaction—\n(a)the effective date of which is on or before the date of the non-land transaction, and\n(b)in respect of which conditions A to C in paragraph 1 are met;\n“non-land transaction” means a transaction by which the property AIF acquires assets which do not consist of or include a chargeable interest.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 7A inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 16 para. 15 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 16 para. 4"
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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