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I2.107 Scotland and Northern Ireland: uniformity of application

IHT, trusts and estates

Unless otherwise provided, Acts of the UK Parliament are equally applicable in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It follows that the language which they employ ought to be construed so as to have, as far as possible, uniform effect in all four countries1.

Statutory provisions can be classified under three headings2. First, there are those such as the definition of 'transfer of value'3, which carefully

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