s 300 Assents and appropriations by personal representatives
(1) In Schedule 3 to the Finance Act 2003 (c. 14) (stamp duty land tax: transactions exempt from charge), after paragraph 3 insert— Assents and appropriations by personal representatives (3A) (1) The acquisition of property by a person in or towards satisfaction of his entitlement under or in relation to the will of a deceased person, or on the intestacy of a deceased person, is exempt from charge. (2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply if the person acquiring the property gives any consideration for it, other than the assumption of secured debt. (3) Where sub-paragraph (1) does not apply because of sub-paragraph (2), the chargeable consideration for the transaction is determined in accordance with paragraph 8A(1) of Schedule 4. (4) In this paragraph— “ debt ” means an obligation, whether certain or contingent, to pay a sum of money either immediately or at a future date, and “ secured debt ” means debt that, immediately after the death of the deceased person, is secured on the property. (2) The amendment made by this section is deemed always to have had effect.