{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-and-buildings-transaction-tax-scotland-act-2013/schedule-5/paragraph-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-and-buildings-transaction-tax-scotland-act-2013/schedule-5/paragraph-21.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2013/11",
  "legislation_title": "Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Scotland) Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-and-buildings-transaction-tax-scotland-act-2013",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/21",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "“The relevant period” means the shorter of—\n(a) the period of 3 years beginning with the effective date of the transaction, and\n(b) the period beginning with the effective date of the transaction and ending with the date on which the buyer disposes of the dwelling, or the dwellings, to a person who is not connected with the buyer.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 21 in force at 1.4.2015 by S.S.I. 2015/108 , art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2013/11/schedule/5/paragraph/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:14:25.082177+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}