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DUTIES ACT 2008 (NO. 11 OF 2008) - SECT 16

16 .         The term “right”

        (1)         A reference to a right is to any of the following —

            (a)         an option to acquire dutiable property, unless the option is part of a simultaneous put and call option over dutiable property;

            (b)         a right of pre-emption for dutiable property;

            (c)         a right to acquire dutiable property;

            (d)         a right under a joint venture relating to dutiable property of the joint venture;

            (e)         a right to exploit dutiable property;

            (f)         a right to income from dutiable property;

            (g)         a right to the capital growth of dutiable property.

        (2)         A right exists in relation to dutiable property only if the transfer of the property would be a dutiable transaction.

        (3)         Without limiting subsection (1), a right includes the following —

            (a)         a right under an application under the Mining Act 1978 for a mining tenement;

            (b)         a licence, or a water entitlement under a licence, under the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914 section 5C;

            (c)         any other thing prescribed for the purposes of this section.



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