Document Duty (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001

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Please note that this Ordinance has been repealed by Ordinance No. XXXVI of 2002 - Document Duty (Amendment) Ordinance, 2002.

The Document Duty (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001

THE STATES, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 6 of the Document Duty (Guernsey) Law, 1973, as amended[a], and in pursuance of their Resolution of the 12^th December, 2001, hereby order:-

Rate of Document Duty in relation to conveyance of realty.

1. In the First Schedule[b] of the Document Duty (Guernsey) Law, 1973, as amended, for paragraph 1 substitute the following paragraph:-

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"1.	Conveyance of realty other than a conveyance specified in paragraph 2, 3 or 5 of this Schedule.	(a)	Where the value of the transaction does not exceed £150,000, zero.
		(b)	Where the value of the transaction exceeds £150,000, 20p per £20 of the value of the transaction"

Extent.

2. This Ordinance shall have effect in the Islands of Guernsey and Alderney.

Repeal.

3. Section 1(a) of the Document Duty (Amendment) Ordinance, 2000[c] is repealed.

Citation.

4. This Ordinance may be cited as the Document Duty (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001.

Commencement.

5. This Ordinance shall come into force on the 12^th December 2001.

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[a]	Ordres en Conseil Vol. XXIV, pp.74 and 236; Vol. XXV, p.43; and Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XXVI, p.139; Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XXVI, p.465 (applicable only in relation to Alderney); No. IX of 1997 (applicable only in relation to Guernsey); and No. XXII of 2000.
[b]	The First Schedule to the Law was substituted by the Document Duty Ordinance, 1992, (Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XXVI, p.139) and amended by the Document Duty (Amendment) Ordinance, 2000 (No.XXII, 2000); there are also other amendments to that Ordinance not relevant to this enactment.
[c]	Ordinance No. XXII of 2000.