Paragraph 15 F1

(1)

This paragraph applies where a person (“the tenant”) is the tenant under a lease of a dwelling for a term of more than 20 years

(2)

For the purposes of this schedule—

(a)

the tenant is to be treated as the owner of the dwelling, and

(b)

the landlord under the lease is to be treated as not being the owner.

(3)

References in this schedule to “ownership” and “acquisition of ownership” are to be read accordingly.

Annotations

F1: Sch. 2A inserted (1.4.2016) by Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2016 (asp 11), ss. 1(3), 5(2) (with s. 3)