# The Stamp Duty Land Tax (Consequential Amendment of Enactments) Regulations 2003, Paragraph 14: Building Societies Act 1986


After section 109 of the Building Societies Act 1986 insert—
“Exemptions from stamp duty land tax
109A. (1) A land transaction effected by or in consequence of—
(a) an amalgamation of two or more building societies under section 93; or
(b) a transfer of engagements between building societies under section 94,
is exempt from charge for the purposes of stamp duty land tax.
(2) Relief under this section must be claimed in a land transaction return or an amendment of such a return.
(3) In this section—
“land transaction” has the meaning given by section 43(1) of the Finance Act 2003;
“land transaction return” has the meaning given by section 76(1) of that Act.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2867/schedule/paragraph/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/stamp-duty-land-tax-consequential-amendment-of-enactments-regulations-2003/schedule/paragraph-14
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