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DUTIES ACT 1997 - SECT 157C
Beneficial owners liable for duty on acquisitions in landholders
(1) Any interest in a landholder that is acquired or held by a person (the
"legal owner" ) as bare trustee for another person is taken, for the purposes
of this Chapter, to have been acquired by, or to be held by, the
ultimate beneficial owner of the interest in the landholder, rather than the
legal owner.
(2) Accordingly, the ultimate beneficial owner of an interest
acquired by the legal owner will be liable to lodge an acquisition statement,
and to pay any duty chargeable under this Chapter, in respect of any
relevant acquisition made as a result of that acquisition by the legal owner.
Note : For example, A acquires an interest in a landholder as bare trustee for
B. A is the legal owner and B is a beneficial owner of the interest in the
landholder. B holds that interest as bare trustee for C. As a result, C is
also a beneficial owner of the interest in the landholder acquired by A. If C
does not hold the interest as bare trustee for another person, C is the
ultimate beneficial owner of the interest and will be liable for any duty
chargeable on the acquisition.
(3) For the purpose of determining whether an
acquisition is a relevant acquisition, section 149 applies as if a reference
to a person who acquires or holds an interest in a landholder were a reference
to the ultimate beneficial owner of the interest, rather than the legal owner.
(4) That is, the acquisition is to be aggregated with other interests held by
the ultimate beneficial owner of the interest or an associated person of the
ultimate beneficial owner of the interest, rather than with other interests
held by the legal owner or associated persons of the legal owner.
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