Section 572 | References to sale of property and time of sale

(1)In this Act references to the sale of property include—

(a)the exchange of property, and

(b)the surrender for valuable consideration of a leasehold interest (or, in Scotland, the interest of the tenant in property subject to a lease).

(2)For the purposes of subsection (1), any provision of this Act referring to a sale has effect with the necessary modifications, including, in particular, those in subsection (3).

(3)The modifications are that—

(a)references to the net proceeds of sale and to the price include the consideration for the exchange or surrender, and

(b)references to capital sums included in the net proceeds of sale or paid on a sale include so much of the consideration for the exchange or surrender as would have been a capital sum if it had been a money payment.

(4)Any reference in this Act (except in Part 6) to the time of any sale is to be read as a reference to whichever is the earlier of—

(a)the time of completion, and

(b)the time when possession is given.