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DUTIES ACT 2000 - SECT 32Q

How duty is charged on transfer

    (1)     Duty on a transfer to which this Division applies is not charged in respect of the transfer from the vendor to the transferee, but is charged separately and distinctly on—

        (a)     the dutiable value of the option; and

S. 32Q(1)(b) substituted by No. 84/2008 s. 6(2), amended by No. 28/2017 s. 33(1).

        (b)     the dutiable value of the subsequent transaction by which the final subsequent purchaser obtained or assumed the transfer right; and

S. 32Q(1)(c) inserted by No. 84/2008 s. 6(2).

        (c)     if there were any other subsequent transactions, the dutiable value of each of those transactions.

    (2)     Duty is charged at the rate set out in Part 3 on the dutiable values referred to in subsection (1).

    (3)     Despite subsection (1), duty is not charged under this Division on the dutiable value of an option if—

        (a)     the consideration given or agreed to be given by the first purchaser for the option (or for the sale or transfer contemplated by the option) included consideration for the land development; or

S. 32Q(3)(b) amended by No. 28/2017 s. 33(2)(a).

        (b)     the land development did not occur until after a subsequent transaction occurred; or

S. 32Q(3)(c) inserted by No. 28/2017 s. 33(2)(b).

        (c)     duty is charged on the option under Division 3A.

    (4)     Subsection (3)(a) does not apply if the first purchaser or an associate of the first purchaser undertook or participated in the land development at any time before a subsequent transaction occurred.

S. 32Q(5) amended by No. 84/2008 s. 6(3)(a).

    (5)     Despite subsection (1), duty is not charged under this Division on the dutiable value of a subsequent transaction referred to in subsection (1)(c) if—

S. 32Q(5)(a) inserted by No. 28/2017 s. 33(3)(a).

        (a)     the consideration given or agreed to be given by the subsequent purchaser or an associate of the subsequent purchaser in order for the subsequent purchaser to obtain or assume a transfer right under the transaction included consideration for the land development; or

S. 32Q(5)(b) substituted by No. 84/2008 s. 6(3)(b), amended by No. 28/2017 s. 33(3)(b).

        (b)     the land development did not occur before the subsequent purchaser obtained or assumed a transfer right.

S. 32Q(5)(c) inserted by No. 84/2008 s. 6(3)(b), repealed by No. 28/2017 s. 33(3)(c).

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S. 32Q(6) inserted by No. 84/2008 s. 6(4).

    (6)     Subsection (5)(a) does not apply if the subsequent purchaser who is the transferor of the transfer right or an associate of that subsequent purchaser undertook or participated in the land development at any time before the next subsequent purchaser held a transfer right.

S. 32Q(7) inserted by No. 28/2017 s. 33(4).

    (7)     Despite subsection (1), duty is not charged under this Division on the dutiable value of a subsequent transaction referred to in subsection (1)(b) or (c) (as the case requires) if duty is charged on the subsequent transaction under Division 2, 3 or 3A.

S. 32Q(8) inserted by No. 28/2017 s. 33(4).

    (8)     Despite subsection (1), duty is not charged under subsection (1)(a) or (c) (as the case requires) on an initial transaction

        (a)     if a person obtains a transfer right under a latter transaction that is greater than a transfer right the person obtained under the initial transaction—to the extent of the transfer right obtained by the person under the initial transaction; and

        (b)     if a person obtains a transfer right under a latter transaction that is less than a transfer right the person obtained under the initial transaction—to the extent of the transfer right obtained by the person under the latter transaction.

Example

A vendor grants an option that entitles persons A and B to require the vendor to enter into a contract of sale of dutiable property (the initial transaction ). Under the option, persons A and B each obtain a transfer right to a 50% interest in the property. Under a subsequent transaction immediately following the granting of the option (a latter transaction ), person A obtains a transfer right in respect of a 100% interest in the property. Duty is not charged under subsection (1)(a) in respect of the option to the extent of the transfer right obtained by person A under the initial transaction (50%).

S. 32Q(9) inserted by No. 28/2017 s. 33(4).

    (9)     In subsection (8)—

"initial transaction" means the option or a subsequent transaction;

"latter transaction" means a subsequent transaction immediately following an initial transaction.

S. 32R inserted by No. 36/2005 s. 10.



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