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DUTIES ACT 2008 - SECT 163

163 .         Relevant acquisitions

        (1)         An acquisition by a person (the acquirer ) of an interest in an entity that is a landholder in relation to the acquisition is a relevant acquisition in any of the following circumstances —

            (a)         if —

                  (i)         immediately before the acquisition, the acquirer does not have a significant interest in the landholder; and

                  (ii)         immediately after the acquisition, the acquirer has a significant interest in the landholder;

            (b)         if —

                  (i)         immediately before the acquisition, the aggregated group interest in the landholder does not amount to a significant interest; and

                  (ii)         immediately after the acquisition, the aggregated group interest in the landholder amounts to a significant interest;

            (c)         if —

                  (i)         immediately before the acquisition, the acquirer has a significant interest in the landholder; and

                  (ii)         as a result of the acquisition, the acquirer’s interest in the landholder increases;

            (d)         if —

                  (i)         immediately before the acquisition, the aggregated group interest in the landholder amounts to a significant interest; and

                  (ii)         as a result of the acquisition, the aggregated group interest in the landholder increases.

        (2)         In subsection (1) —

        aggregated group interest means the aggregate of —

            (a)         the interest (if any) that the acquirer has in the landholder; and

            (b)         if 1 or more related persons have an interest in the landholder — all of those interests.

        [Section 163 inserted: No. 12 of 2019 s. 74.]

[ 164.         Deleted: No. 12 of 2019 s. 74.]



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