[1975 Sch.6 para.13(1).] |
26.- (1) A transfer of value is an exempt transfer to the extent that- (a) the value transferred by it is attributable to property within subsection (2) below which becomes the property of a body not established or conducted for profit, and (b) the Treasury 1 so direct (whether before or after the time of the transfer). |
[1975 Sch.6 para.13(2); 1976 s.85.] |
(2) Property is within this subsection if it is - (a) land which in the opinion of the Treasury1 is of outstanding scenic or historic or scientific interest; (b) a building for the preservation of which special steps should in the opinion of the Treasury1 be taken by reason of its outstanding historic or architectural or aesthetic interest and the cost of preserving it; (c) land used as the grounds of a building within paragraph (b) above; (d) an object which at the time of the transfer is ordinarily kept in, and which is given with, a building within paragraph (b) above; (e) property given as a source of income for the upkeep of property within any of the paragraphs of this sub-section; (f) a picture, print, book, manuscript, work of art or scientific collection which in the opinion of the Treasury1 is of national, scientific, historic or artistic interest. |
[1975 Sch.6 para.13(3); 1976 s.111(4).] |
(3) The Treasury1 shall not give a direction under this section - (a) in relation to land within subsection (2)(a) above, unless in their opinion the body whose property it becomes is an appropriate one to be responsible for the preservation of its character; (b) in relation to property within subsection (2)(b) or (f) above, unless in their opinion the body whose property it becomes is an appropriate one to be responsible for its preservation; (c) in relation to property within subsection (2)(e) above, if or to the extent that, in the opinion of the Treasury1, the property will produce more income than is needed (with a reasonable margin) for the upkeep of the other property in question. |
[1975 Sch.6 para.13(4); 1976 s.111(4).] |
(4) Before giving a direction under this section in relation to any property (other than property within subsection (2)(e) above) the Treasury1 may require such undertakings to be entered into, including undertakings restricting the use or disposal of the property, as they think appropriate for securing the preservation of the property or its character and reasonable access to it for the public. |
[1975 Sch.6 para.13(5).] |
(5) Any undertaking entered into by virtue of subsection (4) above may be varied from time to time by agreement between the Treasury1 and the person bound by the undertaking, and the Treasury1 may require further undertakings to be entered into as a condition for agreeing to any such variation or consenting to anything for which their consent is required by any undertaking. |
[1976 Sch.6 para.13(6).] 1868 c. 100. |
(6) The obligations imposed by any undertaking entered into by virtue of this section shall be enforceable for the public benefit by injunction (or, in Scotland, by interdict or by petition under section 91 of the Court of Session Act 1868), and any purported disposition of property in contravention of an undertaking shall be void, as if the obligation had been imposed by Act of Parliament. |
[1975 Sch.6 para.15(1), (2), (3), (4), (5); 1976 s.95(2).] |
(7) Subsections (2) to (5) of section 23 and subsection (4) of section 24 above shall apply in relation to subsection (1) above as they apply in relation to section 24(1). |
[1975 Sch.6 para.13(7).] |
(8) Property is given with other property for the purposes of this section if the value transferred by a transfer of value is attributable to both and both become the property of the same body. |
[1975 Sch.6 para.13(8).] |
(9) In this section "national interest" includes interest within any part of the United Kingdom.2 |
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