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86. Amendment of section 649A (relevant disposals: rate of charge) of Principal Act.

Section 649A of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution for subsections (1) and (2) of the following:

"(1) Notwithstanding section 28(3) and subject to subsection (2), the rate of capital gains tax in respect of a chargeable gain accruing to a person on a relevant disposal shall be -

(a) in the case of a relevant disposal made in the period from 3 December 1997 to 30 November 1999, 40 per cent,

(b) in the case of a relevant disposal, other than a relevant disposal referred to in paragraph (c), made on or after 1 December 1999, 20 per cent, and

(c) in the case of a relevant disposal made on or after 6 April 2002, being a disposal of land which, in accordance with a development objective (as indicated in the development plan of the planning authority concerned), is for use solely or primarily for residential purposes, 60 per cent.

(2)

(a) Subsection (1) shall not apply to a relevant disposal to which this subsection applies and, accordingly, the rate of capital gains tax in respect of a chargeable gain on such a relevant disposal shall be 20 per cent.

(b) This subsection shall apply to the following:

(i) a relevant disposal to which section 650 refers;