SDLTM80870 - Compliance: Opening an enquiry

Code of Practice

A Code of Practice must be sent to the purchaser with the enquiry notice.

The Code of Practice sets out how Stamp Offices will carry out enquiries into land transaction returns. There are two versions of the Code of Practice

  • Code of Practice - COP24. This Code of Practice should be issued in all enquiry cases where the purchaser is not a company or partnership
  • Code of Practice - COP25. This Code of Practice is issued when we open an enquiry into companies and partnerships