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STATE REVENUE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2011





                            New South Wales




State Revenue Legislation Amendment
Bill 2011


Contents

                                                                        Page
              1    Name of Act                                             2
              2    Commencement                                            2
     Schedule 1    Amendment of Duties Act 1997 No 123                     3
     Schedule 2    Amendment of First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 No 21      6




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                            New South Wales




State Revenue Legislation Amendment
Bill 2011
No     , 2011


A Bill for

An Act to make miscellaneous amendments to certain State revenue legislation.
Clause 1      State Revenue Legislation Amendment Bill 2011




The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:                                 1

 1    Name of Act                                                          2

           This Act is the State Revenue Legislation Amendment Act 2011.   3

 2    Commencement                                                         4

           This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act.           5




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Amendment of Duties Act 1997 No 123                                      Schedule 1




Schedule 1             Amendment of Duties Act 1997 No 123                                 1

[1]   Section 61 Transfers of property in connection with persons changing                 2
      superannuation funds                                                                 3

      Insert after section 61 (1A) (d):                                                    4
                     (e) a transfer of, or an agreement to transfer, marketable            5
                           securities from the trustee of a superannuation fund or a       6
                           custodian of the trustee of a superannuation fund to a life     7
                           company or custodian for a life company if the transfer is      8
                           made in consideration of the issue, by the life company, of     9
                           a policy of life insurance to the trustee of the               10
                           superannuation fund of which the person has become a           11
                           member.                                                        12

[2]   Section 65 Exemptions from duty                                                     13

      Omit "Commonwealth Workplace Relations Act 1996" from section 65 (2) (a).           14

      Insert instead "Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 of the                15
      Commonwealth".                                                                      16

[3]   Section 163FA                                                                       17

      Insert after section 163F:                                                          18

  163FA      Concession for acquisitions in connection with persons changing              19
             superannuation funds                                                         20

             (1)   This section applies to a relevant acquisition that results wholly     21
                   from a relevant transfer and occurs in connection with a person:       22
                    (a) ceasing to be a member of, or otherwise ceasing to be             23
                         entitled to benefits in respect of, a superannuation fund that   24
                         is a complying superannuation fund or was a complying            25
                         superannuation fund within the period of 12 months before        26
                         the acquisition was made, and                                    27
                   (b) becoming a member of, or otherwise becoming entitled to            28
                         benefits in respect of, another superannuation fund that is      29
                         also a complying superannuation fund or will, in the             30
                         opinion of the trustees of both funds concerned, be a            31
                         complying superannuation fund within 12 months after the         32
                         acquisition is made.                                             33

             (2)   For the purposes of this section, each of the following is a           34
                   relevant transfer:                                                     35
                   (a) a transfer of property from a trustee of a superannuation          36
                         fund, or a custodian of the trustee, to the trustee of another   37




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Schedule 1         Amendment of Duties Act 1997 No 123




                            superannuation fund, or to a custodian of the trustee of           1
                            another superannuation fund,                                       2
                      (b)   a transfer of property from a trustee of a superannuation          3
                            fund to a custodian of the trustee, or from a custodian of the     4
                            trustee of a superannuation fund to the trustee,                   5
                      (c)   a transfer of a share or a unit in a unit trust scheme from the    6
                            trustee of a pooled superannuation trust, made in exchange         7
                            for a redemption of units in the trust, to the trustee of a        8
                            superannuation fund, or a custodian of the trustee of a            9
                            superannuation fund,                                              10
                      (d)   a transfer of a share or a unit in a unit trust scheme from the   11
                            trustee of a superannuation fund, or a custodian of the           12
                            trustee of a superannuation fund, made in exchange for the        13
                            issue of units in a pooled superannuation trust, to a trustee     14
                            of the pooled superannuation trust,                               15
                      (e)   a transfer of a share or a unit in a unit trust scheme from a     16
                            life company or custodian for a life company to the trustee       17
                            of a superannuation fund or a custodian of the trustee of a       18
                            superannuation fund if the transfer is made in                    19
                            consideration of the surrender or termination, by the             20
                            trustee of the superannuation fund of which the person has        21
                            ceased to be a member, of a policy of life insurance issued       22
                            by the life company,                                              23
                      (f)   a transfer of a share or a unit in a unit trust scheme from the   24
                            trustee of a superannuation fund or a custodian of the            25
                            trustee of a superannuation fund to a life company or             26
                            custodian for a life company if the transfer is made in           27
                            consideration of the issue, by the life company, of a policy      28
                            of life insurance to the trustee of the superannuation fund       29
                            of which the person has become a member.                          30

             (3)      The duty chargeable under this Chapter on a relevant acquisition        31
                      to which this section applies is $500.                                  32

             (4)      In this section, complying superannuation fund includes a               33
                      complying approved deposit fund and an eligible rollover fund.          34

[4]   Schedule 1 Savings, transitional and other provisions                                   35

      Insert at the end of clause 1 (1):                                                      36
                    State Revenue Legislation Amendment Act 2011                              37




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Amendment of Duties Act 1997 No 123                                     Schedule 1




[5]   Schedule 1                                                                          1
      Insert at the end of the Schedule with appropriate Part and clause numbering:       2


      Part         Provisions consequent on enactment of                                  3
                   State Revenue Legislation Amendment                                    4
                   Act 2011                                                               5

             Amendment relating to transfers in connection with persons                   6
             changing superannuation funds                                                7

                   The amendment made to section 61 by the State Revenue                  8
                   Legislation Amendment Act 2011 is taken to apply in respect of         9
                   dutiable transactions occurring on or after 1 July 2010.              10

             Amendment relating to acquisitions in connection with persons               11
             changing superannuation funds                                               12

                   The amendment made to Chapter 4 by the State Revenue                  13
                   Legislation Amendment Act 2011 applies only in respect of a           14
                   relevant acquisition made on or after the commencement of that        15
                   Act.                                                                  16

             Amendment relating to special disability trusts                             17

                   The amendment made to the Dictionary by the State Revenue             18
                   Legislation Amendment Act 2011 applies only in respect of             19
                   dutiable transactions occurring on or after the commencement of       20
                   that Act.                                                             21

[6]   Dictionary                                                                         22

      Omit the definition of special disability trust from clause 1. Insert instead:     23
                  special disability trust means a special disability trust within the   24
                  meaning of the Social Security Act 1991 of the Commonwealth            25
                  or the Veterans' Entitlements Act 1986 of the Commonwealth.            26




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Schedule 2         Amendment of First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 No 21




Schedule 2               Amendment of First Home Owner Grant                             1
                         Act 2000 No 21                                                  2

[1]   Section 46 Power to recover certain amounts                                        3

      Insert "first" after "liability is a" in section 46 (3).                           4

[2]   Section 46 (3AA)                                                                   5

      Insert after section 46 (3A):                                                      6

         (3AA)        Once the caveat is recorded in the Register kept under the Real    7
                      Property Act 1900, the charge has priority over all other          8
                      encumbrances except land tax under the Land Tax Management         9
                      Act 1956.                                                         10

[3]   Section 46 (8)                                                                    11

      Insert after section 46 (7):                                                      12

             (8)      The provisions of this section have effect despite anything       13
                      contained in section 42 of the Real Property Act 1900.            14

[4]   Schedule 1 Savings, transitional and other provisions                             15

      Insert at the end of clause 1 (1):                                                16
                    State Revenue Legislation Amendment Act 2011                        17




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Amendment of First Home Owner Grant Act 2000 No 21                     Schedule 2




[5]   Schedule 1, Part 10                                                               1
      Insert after Part 9:                                                              2


      Part 10 Provisions consequent on enactment of                                     3
              State Revenue Legislation Amendment Act                                   4
              2011                                                                      5

       17    Liability to repay certain amounts a first charge                          6

                    The amendments to section 46 made by the State Revenue              7
                    Legislation Amendment Act 2011 do not apply in respect of an        8
                    eligible transaction that has a commencement date that is before    9
                    1 October 2011.                                                    10




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