Document Duty (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013

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Please note that this Ordinance has been repealed by - Document Duty (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016

The Document Duty (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013
 
THE STATES, in pursuance of their Resolution of the 29th October, 2013[a] and in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 1 and 6 of the Document Duty (Guernsey) Law, 1973, as amended[b], hereby order:-
 
Amendment to Schedule 1.
1.      In Schedule 1 to the Document Duty Ordinance, 2003 as amended[c], for the entries in each of the columns at item 1 substitute:
 
 
"1.
 
Conveyance of realty other than a conveyance within item 2, 3 or 5:
 
 
 
 
 
 
(a)      where the realty is, or includes, a dwelling and the value of the transaction does not exceed £250,000
 
For conveyances registered on or before 31st October, 2014, 1.0% of the value of the transaction; for conveyances registered thereafter, 2.0% of the value of the transaction.
 
 
 
 
(b)      where the realty is, or includes, a dwelling and the value of the transaction exceeds £250,000 but does not exceed £400,000
 
For conveyances registered on or before 31st October, 2014, 2.0% of the value of the transaction; for conveyances registered thereafter, 2.5% of the value of the transaction.
 
 
 
 
(c)      where the realty does not include a dwelling, and in any case where the value of the transaction exceeds £400,000
 
3.0% of the value of the transaction.".
 
 
Extent.
2.      This Ordinance shall have effect in the Islands of Guernsey and Alderney.
 
Citation.
3.      This Ordinance may be cited as the Document Duty (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013.
 
Commencement.
4.      This Ordinance shall come into force on 29th October, 2013.
 
[a]

Article I of Billet d'État No. XXI of 2013.
[b]

Ordres en Conseil Vol. XXIV, p. 74, as amended by Ordres en Conseil Vol. XXXI, p. 278; Vol. XLII(2), p. 1324; as applied to Alderney by Recueil d’Ordonnances Tome XXIX, pp. 284.
[c]

Recueil d’Ordonnances Tome XXIX, p. 284; as amended by Recueil d’Ordonnances Tome XXIX, p. 406; Tome XXXI, p. 436; Tome XXXIII, pp. 617 and 620; and Tome XXXIII, p. 342.




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