State Revenue Legislation Amendment Act 1999 (NSW)
An Act to make miscellaneous amendments to certain State revenue legislation, and for other purposes.
This Act is the State Revenue Legislation Amendment Act 1999.
This Act commences on the date of assent, except as provided by this section.
The following provisions commence or are taken to have commenced on the dates indicated:
• Schedule 2 [1], [2], [3], [4], [6], [20], [21], [22] and [23] on 1 July 1998
• Schedule 2 [5], [9], [13], [14], [16] and [17] on 1 June 1999
• Schedule 2 [7] on 2 February 1999
• Schedule 2 [8], in so far as it inserts section 65 (7) into the Duties Act 1997, on 23 October 1998
• Schedule 2 [8], in so far as it inserts section 65 (8) into the Duties Act 1997, on 1 January 1999
• Schedule 2 [10], [11] and [12] on 1 October 1998
• Schedule 2 [15] on 26 April 1999
• Schedule 6 [1], [2] and [3] on 1 July 1999
The following provisions commence on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation:
• Schedule 3
• Schedule 4 [1]
• Schedule 5
The Debits Tax Act 1990 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.
The Duties Act 1997 is amended as set out in Schedule 2.
The Land Tax Act 1956 is amended as set out in Schedule 3.
The Land Tax Management Act 1956 is amended as set out in Schedule 4.
The Premium Property Tax Act 1998 is amended as set out in Schedule 5.
The Taxation Administration Act 1996 is amended as set out in Schedule 6.
The Unclaimed Money Act 1995 is amended as set out in Schedule 7.
(Section 3)
Omit the definitions of
Insert in alphabetical order:
Omit “bank” where firstly occurring. Insert instead “financial institution”.
Omit “bank” where secondly occurring. Insert instead “institution”.
Omit “or payment order” wherever occurring in paragraph (b) (ii).
Omit “or payment order” wherever occurring.
Omit “non-bank financial institution includes”.
Insert instead “financial institution includes, where the institution is not a bank,”.
Insert after section 3 (10):
A reference in this Act to banking business includes a reference to business carried on by a financial institution in the course of which the institution keeps accounts for its customers.
Omit section 4 (2). Insert instead:
In this section,
Omit section 8 (2). Insert instead:
A reference in this section to a debit made to an account kept outside New South Wales includes a reference to a debit made to an account (in this section called the
(a) another account is kept with a financial institution in the name of the body, and
(b) the customer’s account has characteristics such that a cheque may be drawn on the financial institution by the body and, at a time when it is incomplete, be delivered by the body to a customer under an agreement under which:
(i) the customer is authorised to fill up the cheque, and
(ii) the body is authorised, for the purpose of making a payment to the financial institution to enable the financial institution to honour the cheque, to debit the customer’s account.
(Section 4)
Insert “except in the case of a responsible entity of a managed investment scheme,” before “none” in section 54 (3) (a) and (b) wherever occurring.
Insert “except in the case of a responsible entity of a managed investment scheme that acquires a beneficial interest in the managed investment scheme solely as a consequence of its appointment as the responsible entity,” before “the transfer”.
Omit the subsection. Insert instead:
Duty of $10 is chargeable in respect of a transfer of dutiable property to a responsible entity if the Chief Commissioner is satisfied that the transfer is necessary to enable an undertaking that existed before the commencement of Chapter 5C of the Corporations Law to become a registered scheme within the meaning of Division 11 of Part 11.2 of the Corporations Law.
Omit the section. Insert instead:
Duty of $10 is chargeable in respect of a transfer of dutiable property from:
(a) a responsible entity of a managed investment scheme, or
(b) a person who held the dutiable property as a trustee of a prescribed interest scheme within the meaning of the Corporations Law as in force immediately before 1 July 1998 when the scheme became a registered scheme within the meaning of Division 11 of Part 11.2 of the Corporations Law,
to a custodian or agent of the responsible entity as custodian or agent of the scheme in which the transferor held the dutiable property.
Duty of $10 is chargeable in respect of a transfer of dutiable property from the custodian of the responsible entity of a managed investment scheme to the responsible entity.
Omit “dutiable” from section 57 (2) (a).
Omit “responsible entity of a managed investment scheme” from section 59 (2) (a).
Insert instead “prescribed interest scheme within the meaning of the Corporations Law as in force immediately before 1 July 1998”.
Insert after section 64:
This section applies to the transfer of, or an agreement to transfer, a lease under the Western Lands Act 1901, being a lease for a purpose specified in an order of the Governor made for the purposes of this section and published in the Gazette.
The duty chargeable on a dutiable transaction, being the transfer of, or an agreement to transfer, a lease to which this section applies is to be reduced if:
(a) the transferee has transferred another lease under the Western Lands Act 1901 within 3 years before the dutiable transaction, and
(b) the land subject to the dutiable transaction adjoins land held by the transferee under a lease under the Western Lands Act 1901.
The duty chargeable on the dutiable transaction is to be reduced by the amount of duty paid on the transfer of, or the agreement to transfer, the other lease within 3 years before the dutiable transaction.
Insert after section 65 (6):
No duty is chargeable under this Chapter:
(a) on the transfer of a permit for a poker machine under the Liquor Act 1982 that occurs as a consequence of the transfer of a licence under that Act that is not chargeable with duty under this Chapter, or
(b) on the vesting of a permit for a poker machine under the Liquor Act 1982 that occurs by or as a consequence of a decision of the Liquor Administration Board or order of the Licensing Court if the Chief Commissioner is satisfied that:
(i) there is no change, or contemplated change, in the beneficial ownership of the permit as a consequence of the vesting, or
(ii) the vesting occurs as a consequence of an agreement for the sale or transfer of dutiable property on which the duty chargeable in respect of the agreement has been paid.
No duty is chargeable under this Chapter on the transfer of, or an agreement to transfer, a manufactured home in a caravan park or manufactured home estate if the manufactured home, but not the land on which the manufactured home is located, is owned by the transferor.
In this subsection:
Omit section 66 (4) (a) and (b). Insert instead:
a transfer of marketable securities made by the legal and beneficial owner to a trustee or nominee to be held solely as trustee or nominee for:
(i) the beneficial owner, or
(ii) a trustee or nominee of the beneficial owner,
without any change in beneficial ownership and without contemplation of any such change, or
a transfer of marketable securities to a beneficial owner from a trustee or nominee if:
(i) the marketable securities were held solely for the beneficial owner, or by a trustee or nominee for a trustee or nominee of the beneficial owner, and
(ii) no person other than the beneficial owner has had a beneficial interest in the marketable securities (other than the trustee’s or nominee’s right of indemnity) between any transfer of the marketable securities to a trustee or nominee and their transfer back to the beneficial owner,
without any change in beneficial ownership and without contemplation of any such change, or
a transfer of marketable securities:
(i) from a trustee or nominee of the beneficial owner to a custodian of the trustee or nominee, or
(ii) from a custodian of a trustee or nominee to the trustee or nominee of the beneficial owner,
without any change in beneficial ownership and without contemplation of any such change, or
Insert “, except in the case of a group self help scheme” after “value” in section 74 (4).
Insert “In the case of a group self help scheme, the purchase price paid by the participants in the scheme is taken, for the purposes of this section, to be the full market value.” at the end of the subsection.
Insert in alphabetical order:
Insert at the end of section 112 (c):
, or
the variation or alteration of a right of a holder of any such share or unit, including on payment of a call on partially paid-up shares,
Omit “and (c)”. Insert instead “, (c) and (d)”.
Insert “(pursuant to an order received by the broker or effected by the broker on the broker’s own account)” after “broker” where secondly occurring in section 157 (1).
Insert after section 218 (1):
If the same money is secured, or partly secured, by two or more mortgages, at least one of which is a mortgage that is exempt from duty under a corresponding Act because it effects a refinancing (an
Insert “or is a partner in a de facto relationship that has, in the opinion of the Chief Commissioner, been terminated” after “divorced” in section 220 (9).
Insert at the end of clause 1 (1):
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Insert after clause 14:
If, by a provision of an Act other than the Stamp Duties Act 1920, a transaction or instrument was not chargeable with stamp duty under the Stamp Duties Act 1920 immediately before 1 July 1998, the transaction or instrument is not chargeable with duty under this Act, unless the contrary intention appears.
Insert after Part 2:
This clause applies to a transaction entered into or an instrument executed by a responsible entity to replace a transaction entered into or an instrument executed by a body holding the office of trustee or representative and management company who has retired from that office to enable an undertaking to become a managed investment scheme.
This clause applies only to transactions that occur and instruments that are executed in relation to a managed investment scheme after the commencement of Chapter 5C of the Corporations Law and:
(a) within the period of 2 years starting on that commencement, or
(b) before the date on which the scheme became a registered scheme within the meaning of Division 11 of Chapter 5C of the Corporations Law,
whichever first occurs.
Despite the other provisions of this Act, a transaction or instrument to which this clause applies is chargeable with duty in accordance with this clause.
The amount of duty chargeable in respect of the transaction or instrument is:
(a) the amount of duty that would be chargeable in respect of the transaction or instrument but for this clause, less the amount of duty paid (under this Act or the Stamp Duties Act 1920) in relation to the transaction or instrument that is being replaced, or
(b) $10,
whichever is the greater.
Omit the definition. Insert instead:
Insert “, and includes a charge over any such land” after “elsewhere”.
Omit “the Corporations Law that complies with Chapter 5C of that Law” from paragraph (b1).
Insert instead “Chapter 5C of the Corporations Law”.
(Section 5)
Omit subsection (3).
Omit subsection (4).
Omit subsection (4).
Omit subsection (4).
Omit subsection (4).
Omit subsection (4).
Omit subsection (4).
Omit subsection (4).
Omit subsection (4).
(Section 6)
Insert after section 39:
A person who pays land tax within 30 days after service of the notice of assessment of the land tax is entitled to a discount of the amount of land tax specified in the assessment excluding overdue land tax if:
(a) the whole of the amount specified in the assessment is paid, and
(b) no other liability in relation to land tax, interest or penalty tax is, at the time of payment, payable by the person to the Chief Commissioner (including a liability subject to objection, appeal or other dispute) or any such liability is paid in full when making the payment.
The discount is to be at the rate determined by order of the Treasurer published in the Gazette. A rate may be determined in respect of assessments generally or in relation to assessments issued in a specified land tax year.
This section has effect despite any other provision of this Act or the Land Tax Act 1956.
Omit section 47 (1A). Insert instead:
The Chief Commissioner:
(a) on the application of any person, and
(b) on payment of a fee of $15 (or the making of arrangements satisfactory to the Chief Commissioner for its payment),
is to issue a certificate showing if there is any land tax charged on land the subject of the application.
The Chief Commissioner may include in the certificate the land value of the land in relation to a specified land tax year.
Insert after section 47 (1B):
The Chief Commissioner may determine:
(a) the means by which a certificate may be issued, including electronically, and
(b) the form of a certificate, including as a document or in an electronic form or a form that may be produced from an electronic message.
Omit the subsection. Insert instead:
The Chief Commissioner may release the land taxed, or any part of the land, from the charge imposed by subsection (1):
(a) on payment of an amount the Chief Commissioner estimates to be not less than the proportion of land tax referable to the land or part, or
(b) without payment of land tax if:
(i) the Chief Commissioner is satisfied that there is no significant risk that the land tax for which the charge is imposed will not be paid, and
(ii) a person who is or may become liable to pay the land tax is not in arrears in payment of any land tax.
Omit “additional land tax whether by way of penalty or otherwise” from section 53 (b).
Insert instead “interest and penalty tax imposed under section 72, or under section 47 or Part 5 of the Taxation Administration Act 1996”.
Omit subsection (3).
Insert after section 62V:
The Chief Commissioner may issue a certificate to any person certifying details of an entry in the Register of Land Values kept under section 62U.
The Chief Commissioner may determine:
(a) the means by which a certificate may be issued, including electronically, and
(b) the form of a certificate, including as a document or in an electronic form or a form that may be produced from an electronic message.
A certificate is conclusive evidence, as at the date specified in the certificate, of the matter certified.
The Chief Commissioner may determine:
(a) the means by which an application for a certificate may be made, and
(b) the form of an application, and
(c) the fee to be paid for a certificate, and
(d) the means by which the fee may be paid.
(Section 7)
Omit the section.
(Section 8)
Insert at the end of section 9 (3) (c):
, or
the reassessment is made as a consequence of an application by a taxpayer, being an application made within 5 years after the initial assessment of the liability, and the reassessment reduces the tax liability.
Omit section 22 (2) (a). Insert instead:
unless an order is in force under paragraph (b), the Treasury Note yield rate rounded to the second decimal place (rounding 0.005 upwards), or
Insert after section 22 (3):
In this section, the
Insert after section 47 (2):
The Chief Commissioner may, in such circumstances as the Chief Commissioner considers appropriate, remit the payment of interest required to be paid by a condition imposed under subsection (2) by any amount.
Omit paragraph (d). Insert instead:
in accordance with a requirement imposed, or authorisation conferred, by or under an Act, or
Insert after section 82 (e) (viiia):
the Head of a Department of the Public Service, the chief executive officer of a declared authority (within the meaning of the Public Sector Management Act 1988) or the holder of a statutory office if the information relates to land, including its description, ownership and value, or
Insert after section 113:
The Chief Commissioner is entitled to receive, and to use in relation to the administration of a taxation law, information contained in a notice lodged with the Registrar-General as referred to in section 604 (4) of the Local Government Act 1993.
(Section 9)
Omit “
Insert instead “
Insert in alphabetical order:
Insert “or a building society, credit union or friendly society” after “Commonwealth)”.
Omit “or trustee” wherever occurring.
Insert instead “, trustee or RSA provider”.
Omit “or 13B”. Insert instead “, 13B or 13BA”.
Omit “Commonwealth Act”.
Insert instead “Commonwealth Superannuation Act”.
Insert “
Omit “Commonwealth Act” wherever occurring in the definitions of
Insert instead “Commonwealth Superannuation Act”.
Insert in alphabetical order:
Insert “
Omit section 13B (7).
Insert after section 13B:
An RSA provider must lodge with the Chief Commissioner a return, in a form approved by the Chief Commissioner, of all unclaimed RSA benefits held by the RSA provider as at the end of each half-year.
The RSA provider must lodge the return:
(a) in relation to a half-year ending on 30 June, on or before the following 31 October, and
(b) in relation to a half-year ending on 31 December, on or before the following 30 April,
or on or before such later date as the Chief Commissioner may in a particular case allow by notice in writing to the RSA provider whether before or after 31 October or 30 April, as the case requires.
If, after the end of a half-year and before the RSA provider lodges the return with the Chief Commissioner, the RSA provider pays any unclaimed RSA benefit to a person who is entitled to it, the return must contain such particulars relating to the amounts so paid as are required by the form.
An RSA provider, when lodging the return, must pay to the Chief Commissioner an amount equal to the sum of the unclaimed RSA benefits specified in the statement less the sum of amounts paid by the provider and specified in accordance with subsection (3).
The Chief Commissioner is to pay money received under this section into the Consolidated Fund.
An approval by the Chief Commissioner of a form of return for the purposes of this section may require or permit the return to be given on a specified kind of data processing device in accordance with specified software requirements.
Insert after section 13C (1):
An RSA provider that lodges a return must retain a copy of the return at the provider’s registered office or principal place of operation in the State.
Maximum penalty: 2 penalty units.
Insert “or RSA provider” after “trustee” wherever occurring.
Insert “or unclaimed RSA benefits” after “benefits” in section 13D (a).
Omit “Commonwealth Act” from section 13E (b).
Insert instead “Commonwealth Superannuation Act”.
Insert at the end of section 13E:
If:
(a) any unclaimed RSA benefits have been paid to the Chief Commissioner under this Part, and
(b) the Chief Commissioner is satisfied on application made by a person in a form approved by the Chief Commissioner that, if this Part and Part 8 of the Commonwealth RSA Act had not been enacted, the person would have been paid that unclaimed RSA benefit by the RSA provider by whom it was paid to the Chief Commissioner,
the Chief Commissioner must pay that unclaimed RSA benefit to that person.
Insert at the end of section 13F:
If an RSA provider, after paying an amount to the Chief Commissioner under this Part, satisfies the Chief Commissioner that the amount so paid exceeds the amount that would have been paid to the person concerned, or is not unclaimed RSA benefits that are required to be paid to the Chief Commissioner under this Act, the Chief Commissioner must refund to the RSA provider the amount of the excess.
Insert after section 13H:
The Chief Commissioner must keep a register of unclaimed RSA benefits paid to the Chief Commissioner under this Part.
The register may be in such form, and kept in such manner, as the Chief Commissioner determines but must include particulars of:
(a) the unclaimed RSA benefits paid to the Chief Commissioner by an RSA provider, and
(b) the holder of the RSA in respect of whom the benefit was payable.
Insert “or RSA provider” after “fund”.
Insert “or provider” after “trustee” where secondly occurring.
Insert after section 13K (2):
This Part applies to a retirement savings account and an RSA provider if the provider has its registered office within New South Wales.
Insert after section 13L (c):
RSA providers and holders of RSAs situated or residing outside New South Wales, whether in or outside Australia.
Omit “or the trustee of a superannuation fund” from section 27 (1) (b).
Insert instead “, the trustee of a superannuation fund or an RSA provider”.
Omit “or a trustee”. Insert instead “, a trustee or an RSA provider”.
Omit “or unclaimed superannuation benefits”.
Insert instead “, unclaimed superannuation benefits or unclaimed RSA benefits”.
Insert “or an RSA provider” after “fund” where firstly occurring.
Insert “or RSA benefit” after “benefit”.
Insert “or a retirement savings account” after “fund” where lastly occurring.
Omit “, or a trustee of a superannuation fund to pay unclaimed superannuation benefits” wherever occurring in section 28 (1) and (2).
Insert instead “, a trustee of a superannuation fund to pay unclaimed superannuation benefits, or an RSA provider to pay unclaimed RSA benefits”.
Omit “or trustee” wherever occurring.
Insert instead “, trustee or RSA provider”.
Omit “or unclaimed superannuation benefits”.
Insert instead “, unclaimed superannuation benefits or unclaimed RSA benefits”.
Omit “or 13B (1)”. Insert instead “, 13B (1) or 13BA (1)”.
Omit “or the trustee of a superannuation fund”.
Insert instead “, the trustee of a superannuation fund or an RSA provider”.
Omit “or trustee” wherever occurring.
Insert instead “, trustee or provider”.
Insert at the end of clause 1 (1):
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Omit “this Act”. Insert instead “the Act concerned”.
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