Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1997 - SECT 40.1115

  (1)   If:

  (a)   under a * farm - in farm - out arrangement, you receive an * exploration benefit in exchange for providing a part of your interest in a * mining, quarrying or prospecting right; and

  (b)   because of section   40 - 1105, the * termination value of the interest you provide is reduced (including reduced to nil);

you are not entitled to a deduction under a provision of this Act in relation to your expenditure consisting of the provision of that part.

  (2)   If:

  (a)   under a * farm - in farm - out arrangement, you receive an * exploration benefit in exchange for providing a part of your interest in a * mining, quarrying or prospecting right; and

  (b)   because of section   40 - 1105, the * termination value of the interest you provide is reduced (including reduced to nil); and

  (c)   the exploration benefit consists of another party to the arrangement funding on your behalf, or undertaking to fund on your behalf, expenditure that you incur in relation to exploration or prospecting;

your entitlement (if any) to a deduction under a provision of this Act in relation to that expenditure is reduced to the same extent as the extent to which the expenditure is reasonably attributable to the exploration benefit.