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INCOME TAX ASSESSMENT ACT 1997 - SECT 247.15

Application of this Division

  (1)   This Division applies to a * capital protected borrowing only if the protected thing is a beneficial interest in:

  (a)   a * share, a unit in a unit trust or a stapled security; or

  (b)   an entity that holds a beneficial interest in a share, unit in a unit trust or stapled security either directly, or indirectly through one or more interposed entities.

  (2)   This Division applies only to borrowers under * capital protected borrowings.

  (3)   This Division does not apply to a * capital protected borrowing if:

  (a)   an * ESS interest is acquired under the borrowing; and

  (b)   Subdivision   83A - B or 83A - C (about employee share schemes) applies to the ESS interest.

  (4)   This Division does not apply to a * capital protected borrowing entered into before 1   July 2007 (except to the extent that it is extended on or after that day) unless the * share, unit in a unit trust or stapled security is listed for quotation in the official list of an * approved stock exchange.

  (5)   This Division does not apply to a * capital protected borrowing entered into on or after 1   July 2007 if:

  (a)   the protected thing is a beneficial interest in:

  (i)   a * share, unit or stapled security that is not listed for quotation in the official list of an * approved stock exchange; or

  (ii)   an entity that holds a beneficial interest in a share, unit in a unit trust or stapled security either directly, or indirectly through one or more interposed entities, that is not so listed; and

  (b)   one of these conditions is satisfied:

  (i)   for a non - listed share--the company is not a * widely held company;

  (ii)   for a non - listed unit--the trust is not a widely held unit trust as defined in section   272 - 105 in Schedule   2F to the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 ;

  (iii)   for a non - listed stapled security--any company involved is not a widely held company and any trust involved is not such a widely held unit trust.


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