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STATE REVENUE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (TAX CONCESSIONS) BILL 2006





                       New South Wales




State Revenue Legislation Amendment
(Tax Concessions) Bill 2006


Contents

                                                                 Page
           1   Name of Act                                         2
           2   Commencement                                        2
           3   Amendment of Duties Act 1997 No 123                 2
           4   Amendment of Land Tax Management Act 1956 No 26     2
           5   Miscellaneous amendments                            2
           6   Repeal of Act                                       2
  Schedule 1   Amendment of Duties Act 1997                        3
  Schedule 2   Amendment of Land Tax Management Act 1956           8
  Schedule 3   Miscellaneous amendments                           16
I certify that this PUBLIC BILL, which originated in the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY,
has finally passed the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL and the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY of
NEW SOUTH WALES.


                                               Clerk of the Legislative Assembly.
                                               Legislative Assembly,
                                               Sydney,                     , 2006




                            New South Wales




State Revenue Legislation Amendment
(Tax Concessions) Bill 2006
Act No      , 2006




An Act to make miscellaneous amendments to various Acts in connection with State
revenue matters.




I have examined this Bill, and find it to correspond in all respects with the Bill
as finally passed by both Houses.


                          Chairman of Committees of the Legislative Assembly.
Clause 1          State Revenue Legislation Amendment (Tax Concessions) Bill 2006




The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
 1    Name of Act
               This Act is the State Revenue Legislation Amendment (Tax
               Concessions) Act 2006.
 2    Commencement
         (1)   This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act, except as
               provided by subsection (2).
         (2)   The following provisions commence, or are taken to have commenced,
               on the dates indicated:
               Schedule 1 [5]--29 June 2006
               Schedule 1 [20]--6 June 2006
               Schedule 2 [4]-[8] and Schedule 3.2 and 3.3--31 December 2006
               Schedule 3.1--1 September 2006
 3    Amendment of Duties Act 1997 No 123
               The Duties Act 1997 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.
 4    Amendment of Land Tax Management Act 1956 No 26
               The Land Tax Management Act 1956 is amended as set out in
               Schedule 2.
 5    Miscellaneous amendments
               The Acts specified in Schedule 3 are amended as set out in that
               Schedule.
 6    Repeal of Act
         (1)   This Act is repealed on the day following the day on which all the
               provisions of this Act have commenced.
         (2)   The repeal of this Act does not, because of the operation of section 30
               of the Interpretation Act 1987, affect any amendment made by this Act.




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Amendment of Duties Act 1997                                            Schedule 1




Schedule 1             Amendment of Duties Act 1997
                                                                           (Section 3)
[1]   Section 25 Aggregation of dutiable transactions
      Insert after section 25 (1) (a):
                    (ab) the transferor is the same or the transferors are associated
                           persons, and
[2]   Section 25 (2)
      Omit the subsection. Insert instead:
             (2)   Dutiable transactions are not to be aggregated under this section
                   if the Chief Commissioner is satisfied that:
                    (a) the dutiable property to which the transactions relate are
                          comprised of separate allotments of vacant land, and
                   (b) the transferee is a person authorised to contract to do
                          residential building work under the Home Building Act
                          1989, and
                    (c) the transferee intends to construct residential premises on
                          the allotments for the purposes of sale to the public.
[3]   Section 25 (8)
      Insert after section 25 (7):
             (8)   In this section:
                   vacant land includes land that the Chief Commissioner considers
                   is substantially vacant apart from there being on that land the
                   remnant of any building, or any other object or structure, that the
                   Chief Commissioner is satisfied has been preserved because of its
                   heritage significance.
[4]   Section 59 Instrument relating to managed investment scheme
      Insert "effects or evidences a dutiable transaction and which" after "an
      instrument that" in section 59 (1) (a).
[5]   Section 65 Exemptions from duty
      Omit "aged 65 years" from section 65 (15) (b). Insert instead "aged 60 years".




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Schedule 1       Amendment of Duties Act 1997




 [6]   Section 106 Definitions
       Omit the definition of call option. Insert instead:
                   call option means a right to require a person to sell dutiable
                   property that is conferred by an agreement or arrangement (being
                   an agreement or arrangement that is not a dutiable transaction).
 [7]   Section 106, definition of "put option"
       Insert "(being an agreement or arrangement that is not a dutiable transaction)"
       after "arrangement".
 [8]   Section 107 Assignment of rights under call option dutiable as transfer
       Omit "to purchase dutiable property from another person (B)" from section
       107 (1).
       Insert instead "to require another person (B) to sell dutiable property".
 [9]   Section 107 (2)
       Omit "right under a call option to purchase dutiable property from B and a call
       option to purchase the dutiable property from B is granted to C".
       Insert instead "right under a call option to require B to sell dutiable property
       and a call option to require B to sell the dutiable property is granted to C".
[10]   Section 108 Person liable to pay duty
       Omit "to purchase dutiable property" from section 108 (1).
       Insert instead "to require another person to sell dutiable property".
[11]   Section 108, note
       Omit "to purchase land from B". Insert instead "to require B to sell land".
[12]   Section 111 Exemptions
       Insert at the end of section 111 (1) (b) (ii):
                            , or
                      (c) the dutiable property the subject of the call option is land
                            and the call option is assigned by a person authorised to
                            contract to do residential building work under the Home
                            Building Act 1989 who:
                             (i) has built or is building residential premises on the
                                  land for the purposes of sale, or
                            (ii) has an agreement with the person to whom the call
                                  option is assigned to build residential premises on
                                  the land, or



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Amendment of Duties Act 1997                                                  Schedule 1




                     (d)   the call option is assigned by a corporation that is a
                           member of a group of corporations to another corporation
                           that is a member of the same group.
[13]   Section 111 (2A) and (2B)
       Insert after section 111 (2):
            (2A)    For the purposes of this section, corporations are members of the
                    same group of corporations if:
                    (a) one corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of the other
                          corporation (that is, the other corporation holds, otherwise
                          than as trustee, not less than 90% of the issued share capital
                          of the first corporation and is in a position to control not
                          less than 50% of the maximum number of votes that might
                          be cast at a general meeting of the first corporation), or
                    (b) the corporations are wholly owned subsidiaries (within the
                          meaning of paragraph (a)) of the same corporation.
            (2B)    If a corporation that is a wholly owned subsidiary (within the
                    meaning of subsection (2A) (a)) of another corporation (the
                    parent corporation) holds shares, otherwise than as trustee, in a
                    third corporation, then, for the purposes of determining whether
                    the parent corporation and the third corporation are members of
                    the same group of corporations, the shares held by the wholly
                    owned subsidiary in the third corporation are taken also to be
                    shares held by the parent corporation in the third corporation.
                    Note. The effect of subsection (2B) is that the third corporation will be
                    considered to be a wholly owned subsidiary of the parent corporation if
                    the shareholdings of the parent corporation in the third corporation (if
                    any) together with the shareholdings of any wholly owned subsidiary in
                    the third corporation are sufficient to satisfy subsection (2A) (a).

[14]   Section 163G How may an interest be "acquired"?
       Insert after section 163G (2):
            (2A)    If the acquisition arises from an agreement to purchase, allot or
                    issue a unit or share, the acquisition is made, for the purposes of
                    this Part, when the agreement is completed. It does not matter
                    whether or not the acquisition or interest acquired is registered.
            (2B)    For the purposes of subsection (2A), an agreement is taken to be
                    completed when the necessary transfer or title documents are
                    delivered to the person acquiring the interest and the purchase
                    price is paid in full.




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Schedule 1          Amendment of Duties Act 1997




[15]    Section 163L Primary producers--special provisions
        Omit "(within the meaning of section 274)" from section 163L (4).
        Insert instead "or land that would be considered to be land used for primary
        production if it were land in New South Wales".
[16]    Section 163ZB Exempt transactions
        Omit the definition of land used for primary production from section
        163ZB (7).
[17]    Section 274 Transfer of certain business property between family
        members
        Omit "or aquaculture" wherever occurring in section 274 (1).
[18]    Section 274 (6), definition of "ancestor"
        Omit paragraph (b). Insert instead:
                    (b) a spouse, former spouse, de facto partner or former de
                          facto partner of a person referred to in paragraph (a).
[19]    Section 274 (6), definition of "land used for aquaculture"
        Omit the definition.
[20]    Section 284B
        Insert after section 284A:
       284B   Restructuring of unit trust for land tax purposes
              (1)      Duty under this Act is not chargeable in respect of an instrument
                       executed on or after 6 June 2006 and before 1 January 2008 that
                       effects a variation to a trust deed for a unit trust (within the
                       meaning of Schedule 1AA to the Land Tax Management Act
                       1956) if:
                       (a) before the instrument is executed, unit holders in the unit
                              trust have fixed entitlements under the trust, and
                       (b) the purpose of the variation is to enable the unit trust to
                              satisfy the relevant criteria (within the meaning of section
                              3A of the Land Tax Management Act 1956) and,
                              accordingly, to be treated as a fixed trust under that
                              section, and
                       (c) the variation does not directly or indirectly result in a
                              change in the proportion of any income or capital to which
                              a unit holder is entitled under the trust.




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Amendment of Duties Act 1997                                              Schedule 1




              (2)   Unit holders in a unit trust have fixed entitlements under the trust
                    if:
                     (a) the unit holders are entitled to a fixed proportion of the
                          income or capital distributions of the trust (if any are
                          made) based on the number or class of units owned by
                          them, and
                    (b) the entitlements referred to in paragraph (a) cannot be
                          removed, restricted or otherwise affected by the exercise
                          of a discretion, or by a failure to exercise a discretion,
                          conferred on any person under the trust.
[21]   Schedule 1 Savings, transitional and other provisions
       Insert at the end of clause 1 (1):
                     State Revenue Legislation Amendment (Tax Concessions) Act
                     2006
[22]   Schedule 1, Part 25
       Insert after Part 24:

       Part 25 Provisions consequent on enactment of
               State Revenue Legislation Amendment
               (Tax Concessions) Act 2006
       63    Transactions involving put and call options
                    The amendments made to Part 2 of Chapter 3 by the State
                    Revenue Legislation Amendment (Tax Concessions) Act 2006 do
                    not operate to impose duty on a call option assignment (within the
                    meaning of that Part) that would not, immediately before the
                    commencement of those amendments, have been chargeable with
                    duty if the call option or put option to which the assignment
                    relates was granted before the commencement of those
                    amendments.
[23]   Dictionary
       Omit the definition of land used for primary production. Insert instead:
                   land used for primary production means land that is exempt
                   from land tax under section 10AA (Exemption for land used for
                   primary production) of the Land Tax Management Act 1956.




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Schedule 2          Amendment of Land Tax Management Act 1956




Schedule 2                Amendment of Land Tax Management
                          Act 1956
                                                                                      (Section 4)
[1]   Section 3A Special trust--meaning
      Omit section 3A (2). Insert instead:
              (2)      For the purposes of this section, a trust is a fixed trust if the
                       equitable estate in all of the land that is the subject of the trust is
                       owned by a person or persons who are owners of the land for land
                       tax purposes (disregarding section 25 (3)).
[2]   Section 3A (3A) and (3B)
      Insert after section 3A (3):
             (3A)      If a trust satisfies the relevant criteria, the persons who are
                       beneficiaries of the trust under the trust deed are taken to be
                       owners of an equitable estate in the land that is the subject of the
                       trust and, accordingly, the trust is taken to be a fixed trust.
                       Note. Under section 25, owners of an equitable estate or interest in land
                       are liable in respect of land tax as if they were legal owners of the land.
                       Owners of an equitable estate in land are treated as secondary
                       taxpayers.
             (3B)      For the purposes of this section, the relevant criteria are as
                       follows:
                        (a) the trust deed specifically provides that the beneficiaries of
                             the trust:
                              (i) are presently entitled to the income of the trust,
                                    subject only to payment of proper expenses by and
                                    of the trustee relating to the administration of the
                                    trust, and
                             (ii) are presently entitled to the capital of the trust, and
                                    may require the trustee to wind up the trust and
                                    distribute the trust property or the net proceeds of
                                    the trust property,
                       (b) the entitlements referred to in paragraph (a) cannot be
                             removed, restricted or otherwise affected by the exercise
                             of any discretion, or by a failure to exercise any discretion,
                             conferred on a person by the trust deed.




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Amendment of Land Tax Management Act 1956                                 Schedule 2




[3]   Section 3A (4) (f)
      Insert at the end of section 3A (4) (e):
                           , or
                     (f) in relation to any land tax year in which it is a family unit
                           trust, as provided by Schedule 1AA.
[4]   Section 9AA Average value of land (as inserted by the State Revenue and
      Other Legislation Amendment (Budget Measures) Act 2006)
      Omit section 9AA (3) (b).
[5]   Section 9AA (5)
      Omit the subsection.
[6]   Section 9AA (9)
      Omit the subsection. Insert instead:
             (9)   The average value of a parcel of land that is heritage-protected,
                   and that was not heritage-protected on 31 December immediately
                   before either or both of the preceding land tax years, is to be
                   determined as provided for by subsection (7) (as if the parcel did
                   not exist on the date or dates of 31 December on which it was not
                   heritage-protected).
[7]   Section 9AA (12)
      Insert after section 9AA (11):
            (12)   For the purposes of this section, land is heritage-protected if it is
                   either heritage restricted (within the meaning of section 14G of
                   the Valuation of Land Act 1916) or the subject of a heritage
                   valuation under Division 6 of Part 6 of the Heritage Act 1977, or
                   both.
[8]   Section 21C Liability of lessees of land owned by Crown or council
      Omit section 21C (4)-(4BA), as inserted by the State Revenue and Other
      Legislation Amendment (Budget Measures) Act 2006.
      Insert instead:
             (4)   For the purposes of determining the lessee's land tax liability
                   when the notional parcel consists of a part of land, the land value
                   of the notional parcel is the land value of the entire parcel
                   multiplied by the apportionment factor.




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Schedule 2            Amendment of Land Tax Management Act 1956




               (4A)      For the purposes of this section, the apportionment factor is the
                         proportion that the rental value of the notional parcel bears to the
                         rental value of the entire parcel.
               (4B)      The Chief Commissioner may request the Valuer-General to
                         determine the land value of the notional parcel.
              (4BA)      If a request is made under subsection (4B):
                          (a) the Valuer-General must determine the land value of the
                                notional parcel, and
                         (b) the land value so determined is, subject to subsection (4C),
                                the value of the notional parcel for land tax purposes, and
                                is to be entered in the Register accordingly.
              (4BB)      For the purpose of determining the average value of the notional
                         parcel under section 9AA, if the notional parcel was not leased on
                         31 December immediately before either or both of the preceding
                         land tax years (within the meaning of section 9AA (1)), the
                         average value of the notional parcel is to be determined as
                         provided for by section 9AA (7) (as if the notional parcel did not
                         exist on the date or dates of 31 December on which it was not
                         leased).
 [9]   Section 27 Joint owners
       Insert after section 27 (4):
                         Note. See also Schedule 1AA in relation to family unit trusts.

[10]   Schedule 1AA
       Insert after section 83:

       Schedule 1AA Family unit trusts--special
                    provisions
                                                                              (Section 3A (4) (f))
          1     Unit trust--meaning
                         In this Schedule:
                         unit trust means a trust in respect of which the beneficiaries of
                         the trust are owners of units in the trust and each unit holder, or
                         each unit holder of a particular class:
                          (a) is entitled, as a beneficiary of the trust, to participate in any
                                income or capital distributions (or both) of the trust, and




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Amendment of Land Tax Management Act 1956                                 Schedule 2




                    (b)   the amount or proportion of any income or capital
                          distribution to which the unit holder is entitled is based on
                          the number or class of units owned by the person (or both).
        2    Family unit trust--special concession
             (1)   A unit trust is a family unit trust in relation to the land tax year
                   commencing on 1 January 2006 if, at midnight on 31 December
                   2005:
                   (a) the trust property includes land (other than land that is
                         exempt from taxation under this Act), and
                   (b) the taxable value of that land does not exceed $1,000,000,
                         and
                   (c) the unit holders in the unit trust have fixed entitlements
                         under the trust, and
                   (d) the units in the unit trust are family-owned.
             (2)   The unit trust continues to be a family unit trust in relation to each
                   subsequent land tax year unless, before the commencement of
                   that land tax year:
                    (a) the trust acquires additional land and, as a result of that
                          acquisition, the taxable value of the land that is the subject
                          of the trust (and that is not exempt from taxation) exceeds
                          $1,000,000 (with the taxable value of the land being the
                          taxable value for the land tax year during which the
                          acquisition was made), or
                   (b) the unit holders cease to have fixed entitlements under the
                          trust, or
                    (c) the units in the unit trust cease to be family-owned.
             (3)   If the unit trust ceases to be a family unit trust in relation to a
                   subsequent land tax year, it cannot then become a family unit
                   trust again (despite any changes in the land holdings or any other
                   circumstances of the trust).
             (4)   Unit holders in a unit trust have fixed entitlements under the trust
                   if:
                    (a) the unit holders are entitled to a fixed proportion of the
                         income or capital distributions of the trust (if any are
                         made) based on the number or class of units owned by
                         them, and
                   (b) the entitlements referred to in paragraph (a) cannot be
                         removed, restricted or otherwise affected by the exercise
                         of a discretion, or by a failure to exercise a discretion,
                         conferred on any person under the trust.


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Schedule 2         Amendment of Land Tax Management Act 1956




             (5)      Units in a unit trust are family-owned if:
                      (a) in the case of a unit trust where the units are owned by one
                             person:
                              (i) the person is a non-trustee, or
                             (ii) the person is a family trustee, or
                      (b) in the case of a unit trust where the units are owned by 2 or
                             more persons, not less than 95% of the units in the unit
                             trust are owned by non-trustees or family trustees (or a
                             combination of both) who are members of the same family.
             (6)      A person is a member of the same family as another person if:
                      (a) the person is married to the other person or in a de facto
                            relationship (within the meaning of the Property
                            (Relationships) Act 1984) with the other person, or
                      (b) the person is the child of the other person (whether by
                            birth, adoption or marriage), or
                      (c) the Chief Commissioner is satisfied, on the basis of any
                            other relationship between the persons, that they can be
                            considered to be members of the same family.
             (7)      If a person owns a unit in a unit trust as a family trustee, the
                      person is treated as a member of the same family as another
                      person only if the beneficiaries of the trust of which the person is
                      family trustee:
                       (a) are members of the same family as the other person, or
                      (b) if the other person is also a family trustee, are members of
                            the same family as the beneficiaries of the trust of which
                            the other person is family trustee.
             (8)      In this clause:
                      family trustee means a person who owns a unit in a unit trust as
                      trustee of another trust which:
                       (a) has only one beneficiary, who is a natural person, or
                      (b) has 2 or more beneficiaries, who are all natural persons and
                             members of the same family.
                      non-trustee means a natural person who owns a unit in a unit
                      trust otherwise than as trustee of another trust.
             (9)      For the purposes of this clause, if a person owns a unit in a unit
                      trust as trustee of a trust that is a superannuation trust in relation
                      to the land tax year (within the meaning of section 3A), the
                      members of that superannuation trust are taken to be beneficiaries
                      of the trust.



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Amendment of Land Tax Management Act 1956                                  Schedule 2




         3   Unit holders taken to be joint owners of land
              (1)   If a unit trust is a family unit trust in relation to a land tax year,
                    the unit holders in that unit trust are taken, for the purposes of
                    section 27, to be joint owners of the land that is the property of
                    the trust:
                     (a) in the same proportion as the number of units held by them,
                           or
                    (b) if there are different classes of units in the unit trust, in the
                           same proportion as the number of units held by them of a
                           class that entitle the holders to participate in capital
                           distributions of the trust.
              (2)   This clause does not apply to unit holders in a unit trust which is
                    a superannuation trust in relation to the land tax year (within the
                    meaning of section 3A).
[11]   Schedule 2 Savings and transitional provisions
       Insert at the end of clause 1A (1):
                     State Revenue Legislation Amendment (Tax Concessions) Act
                     2006
[12]   Schedule 2, Part 20
       Insert as Part 20:

       Part 20 Provisions consequent on enactment of
               State Revenue Legislation Amendment
               (Tax Concessions) Act 2006
       41    Amendments relating to trusts
              (1)   The trust amendments apply as if those amendments had
                    commenced on 31 December 2005.
              (2)   Liability for land tax in respect of the land tax year commencing
                    on 1 January 2006 and subsequent land tax years is to be assessed
                    or reassessed accordingly.
              (3)   Anything done or omitted to be done before the date of assent to
                    the State Revenue Legislation Amendment (Tax Concessions) Act
                    2006 that would have been validly done or omitted to be done if
                    the trust amendments had been in force at the time that it was
                    done or omitted to be done is taken to have been validly done or
                    omitted to be done.




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Schedule 2         Amendment of Land Tax Management Act 1956




             (4)      In this clause, the trust amendments means the amendments
                      made to section 3A by the State Revenue Legislation Amendment
                      (Tax Concessions) Act 2006, and the provisions of Schedule
                      1AA, as inserted by that Act.
      42     Restructuring of unit trust for land tax purposes--concession
             (1)      This clause applies in respect of a unit trust (within the meaning
                      of Schedule 1AA) if:
                      (a) an instrument is executed on or after 6 June 2006 and
                            before 1 January 2008 that effects a variation to a trust
                            deed for a unit trust, and
                      (b) before the instrument is executed, unit holders in the unit
                            trust have fixed entitlements under the trust, and
                      (c) the purpose of the variation is to enable the unit trust to
                            satisfy the relevant criteria (within the meaning of section
                            3A) and, accordingly, to be treated as a fixed trust under
                            that section, and
                      (d) the variation does not directly or indirectly result in a
                            change in the proportion of any income or capital to which
                            a unit holder is entitled under the trust.
             (2)      Any land tax payable in respect of the land the subject of the unit
                      trust is to be assessed or reassessed as if the variation to the trust
                      deed took effect on 31 December 2005.
             (3)      Unit holders in a unit trust have fixed entitlements under the trust
                      if:
                       (a) the unit holders are entitled to a fixed proportion of the
                            income or capital distributions of the trust (if any are
                            made) based on the number or class of units owned by
                            them, and
                      (b) the entitlements referred to in paragraph (a) cannot be
                            removed, restricted or otherwise affected by the exercise
                            of a discretion, or by a failure to exercise a discretion,
                            conferred on any person under the trust.
             (4)      Anything done or omitted to be done on or after 6 June 2006 and
                      before the date of assent to the State Revenue Legislation
                      Amendment (Tax Concessions) Act 2006 that would have been
                      validly done or omitted to be done if this clause had been in force
                      at the time that it was done or omitted to be done is taken to have
                      been validly done or omitted to be done.




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Amendment of Land Tax Management Act 1956                               Schedule 2




       43    Determinations made by Valuer-General before commencement of
             budget measures
             (1)   Anything done by the Valuer-General before the commencement
                   of Schedule 3 to the State Revenue and Other Legislation
                   Amendment (Budget Measures) Act 2006 that would have been
                   validly done under section 62TBA of this Act (as substituted by
                   that Act) if Schedule 3 to that Act had commenced and it had
                   been done before 15 October 2006, is taken to have been validly
                   done under that section and has effect as if that Schedule had been
                   in force at the time that it was done.
             (2)   Anything omitted to be done by the Valuer-General before the
                   commencement of Schedule 3 to the State Revenue and Other
                   Legislation Amendment (Budget Measures) Act 2006 that would
                   have been validly omitted to be done if Schedule 3 to that Act had
                   commenced at the time that it was omitted is taken to have been
                   validly omitted to be done.




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Schedule 3          Miscellaneous amendments




Schedule 3                Miscellaneous amendments
                                                                                    (Section 5)

3.1 Gaming Machine Tax Act 2001 No 72
       Section 14 Annual rate for registered clubs
       Omit "on $800,000 of those profits" from section 14 (2) (a).
       Insert instead "on so much of those profits as exceeds $200,000".

3.2 Taxation Administration Act 1996 No 97
       Section 16A
       Insert after section 16:
       16A   Land tax assessments--special provisions
                       The validity of a land tax assessment for a land tax year (within
                       the meaning of the Land Tax Management Act 1956) is not
                       affected by an objection or appeal under the Valuation of Land
                       Act 1916 in relation to a land tax assessment for a subsequent
                       land tax year, even if the objection or appeal results in a change
                       to a land valuation on which the earlier land tax assessment was
                       partly based.
                       Note. Under the Land Tax Management Act 1956 land tax assessments
                       are based on an average value of land, being an average of the land
                       value of the land in respect of the most recent 3 land tax years. This
                       section prevents an objection to a land tax assessment from affecting the
                       validity of previous land tax assessments that were based on one or 2 of
                       the same land values.

3.3 Valuation of Land Act 1916 No 2
[1]    Section 35AA
       Insert after section 35A:
      35AA   Restrictions on objections to land tax valuations
              (1)      In the case of a valuation for the purposes of the Land Tax
                       Management Act 1956, a person is not entitled to object to any
                       valuation used as the basis of a land tax assessment if the
                       valuation has previously been the subject of an objection, except
                       with the permission of the Valuer-General.




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             (2)   The Valuer-General is to permit the objection only if satisfied
                   that there are special reasons for allowing the objection to be
                   made.
             (3)   The fact that the person seeking to make the objection was not an
                   owner, occupier or lessee of the land at the time that the earlier
                   objection was made does not of itself constitute a special reason
                   for allowing the person to make an objection.
             (4)   This section applies whether or not the person seeking to make
                   the objection lodges the objection within 60 days after service of
                   the relevant land tax assessment.
             (5)   If the Valuer-General refuses permission to make an objection
                   under this section, the Valuer-General must give the person
                   seeking to make the objection notice of the Valuer-General's
                   decision.
             (6)   A refusal to grant permission to make the objection does not give
                   rise to a right of appeal under section 37.
[2]   Section 35B Determination of objection
      Insert "that has been duly made" after "consider an objection" in section
      35B (1).




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