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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-transaction-tax-and-anti-avoidance-of-devolved-taxes-wales-act-2017/schedule-5/paragraph-16",
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  "legislation": "anaw/2017/1",
  "legislation_title": "Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/land-transaction-tax-and-anti-avoidance-of-devolved-taxes-wales-act-2017",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Paragraph 15 does not apply if the main subject-matter of the transaction is a major interest in the qualifying dwelling referred to in paragraph 15(1)(a), and that dwelling is one—\n(a) in which, immediately before the effective date of the transaction, the buyer or the buyer’s spouse or civil partner had another major interest, and\n(b) which, immediately before and after the effective date of the transaction, is the buyer's only or main residence.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 16(a) inserted (1.4.2018) by The Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017 (Amendment to Schedule 5) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/125), regs. 1(2), 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 applied (with modifications) (1.4.2018) by The Land Transaction Tax (Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/126), regs. 1(2), 12"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 16 in force at 1.4.2018 by S.I. 2018/34, art. 3"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2017/1/schedule/5/paragraph/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:12.749395+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."
}