Stamp Amendment Regulations 1997 (WA)

17 January 19971	GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA	437
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STAMP ACT 1921

STAMP AMENDMENT REGULATIONS 1997

Made by His Excellency the Governor in Executive Council.

Citation

1.     These regulations may be cited as the Stamp Amendment Regulations

1997.  

Commencement

2.     (1) Subject to this regulation, these regulations come into operation on

the date of publication in the Gazette.

15 July 1996.	(2)	Regulations 4 and 8 are deemed to have come into operation on
30 November 1995.	(3)	Regulations 6 and 10 are deemed to have come into operation on

Principal regulations

3. In these regulations the Stamp Regulations 1979* are referred to as the

principal regulations.

[*

For amendments to 6 January 1997 see 1995 Index to Legislation	Published in Gazette 7 December 1979, pp.	3780-7.
of Western Australia, Table 4, pp.	17 September 1996.1

260-1, and Gazette 14 June and

Regulation 5A inserted

4.      After regulation 5 of the principal regulations the following regulation is

s. 112A (1) of the Act).

inserted -

Prescribed securities (s. 4 (1): "right in respect of shares")

5A. For the purposes of the definition of a "right in respect of shares"

in section 4 (1) of the Act, a security, or a class of security, set out in

the Sixth Schedule is prescribed.

Regulation 13AB inserted

5. After regulation 13AA of the principal regulations the following

regulation is inserted -

a

Prescribed listed unit trusts (s. 112EA (1))

13AB. For the purposes of section 112EA (1) of the Act, a unit trust

scheme set out in the Seventh Schedule is a prescribed listed unit trust if its units are listed on a prescribed stock exchange (as defined in

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Regulation 21 inserted

6.     After regulation 20 of the principal regulations the following regulation

is inserted -

a

Prescribed stock exchange (Act, Sch 3, item 2 (16))

21.      For the purposes of item 2 (16) of the Third Schedule to the Act, a

stock exchange set out in the Eighth Schedule is a prescribed stock

exchange. a.

Fifth Schedule amended

7. The Fifth Schedule to the principal regulations is amended by deleting the heading "PRESCRIBED STOCK EXCHANGES" and substituting the following -

a

PRESCRIBED STOCK EXCHANGES

(s. 112A (1))

Sixth Schedule added

8. After the Fifth Schedule to the principal regulations the following

Schedule is added -

a

SIXTH SCHEDULE

[Regulation 5A]

PRESCRIBED SECURITIES

(s-4(1))

Act), including a warrant, issued in respect of a marketable security, unless the holder of the option or warrant - 1. An exchange traded option (as defined in section 112A (1) of the

(a)	franking credits attached to them) payable, or to rights issues made, in respect of the marketable security; or	is directly or indirectly entitled to dividends (or the
(b)	is directly or indirectly entitled to exercise voting rights in
respect of the marketable security.

2. A unit or sub-unit in a private unit trust scheme (as defined in

section 63 (2) of the Act) the assets of which include a marketable

security that is listed on a prescribed stock exchange (as defined in section 112A (1) of the Act).

Seventh Schedule added

9.     After the Sixth Schedule to the principal regulations the following

Schedule is added -

a

SEVENTH SCHEDULE

[Regulation 13ABJ

PRESCRIBED LISTED UNIT TRUSTS

(a. 112EA (1))

Benchmark Australian All Ordinaries Index Trust created by deed dated 21 October 1996 between Benchmark Securities Management Ltd (ACN 069 933 991) and Perpetual Trustee Company Ltd (ACN 000 001 007).

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Eighth Schedule added

10. After the Seventh Schedule to the principal regulations the following

Schedule is added —

..

EIGHTH SCHEDULE

[Regulation 21]

PRESCRLBED STOCK EXCHANGES

(Act, Sch 3, item 2 (16))

London Stock Exchange

By His Excellency's Command,

J. PRITCHARD, Clerk of the Council.