The Act Part 2 – Key Concepts General rules for contracts requiring conveyance Section 8 – Contract and conveyance
28.Sections 8 and 9 establish the general rule that where a contract is to be completed by a conveyance it is the conveyance that represents the land transaction. This rule will apply in the majority of cases and ensures that a transaction is only charged to LBTT once. In a standard house purchase, the missives of sale are the contract and the disposition is the conveyance.
29.Special rules are provided for in sections 9 to 13.
30.Defined terms used in this section: