These Regulations may be cited as the Stamp Duty (Disadvantaged Areas) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 30th November 2001.

The following are designated as disadvantaged areas for the purposes of section 92 of, and Schedule 30 to, the Finance Act 2001—

(a)    the areas in England specified in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;

(b)    the areas in Wales specified in Schedule 2 to these Regulations;

(c)    the areas in Scotland specified in Schedule 3 to these Regulations;

(d)    the areas in Northern Ireland specified in Schedule 4 to these Regulations.

Anne McGuire

John Heppell

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

29th November 2001

The areas in England specified in this Schedule are—

(a)    the wards and electoral divisions, as at 7th May 1998, which are—

(i)    listed as wards in the Index of Multiple Deprivation 2000 published by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, and

(ii)    listed in Tables A to I below; and

(b)    any land which—

(i)    as at 7th May 1998, did not fall within any of the wards and electoral divisions mentioned in paragraph (a), but

(ii)    as at 27th November 2001, had a postcode which was identical to the full postcode of land which, as at 7th May 1998, did fall within one of those wards and electoral divisions.

The areas in Wales specified in this Schedule are—

(a)    the electoral divisions, as at 1st April 1998, which are—

(i)    contained in the Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation 2000 published by the National Assembly for Wales, and

(ii)    listed in Table J below; and

(b)    any land which—

(i)    as at 1st April 1998, did not fall within any of the electoral divisions mentioned in paragraph (a), but

(ii)    as at 27th November 2001, had a postcode which was identical to the full postcode of land which, as at 1st April 1998, did fall within one of those electoral divisions.