HMRC have updated the last two paragraphs of their example concerning the control period and the withdrawal of relief. The example is given in the SDLT manual at SDLTM 20320.
Relief from SDLT is available for certain acquisitions of land and buildings in designated freeport tax sites under FA 2003, Sch. 6C.
https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/stamp-duty-land-tax-manual/sdltm20320
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