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TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT ACT (NO. 3) 2000 NO. 66, 2000 - SCHEDULE 6

- Transfer of interest in petroleum projects

Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987

1 Before subsection 48(1)

Insert:

(1A)
This section applies if:

(a)
at a particular time (the transfer time ) a person (the vendor ) enters into a transaction in relation to a petroleum project; and

(b)
the transaction has the effect of transferring to another person or persons (the purchasers ):

(i)
the whole of the vendor's entitlement to derive, after the transaction, assessable receipts in relation to the project; and
(ii)
any property held by the vendor that is being used in relation to the project; and
(c)
the purchasers give consideration for the entitlement and property.

The transaction may occur at any time (even before the vendor's first year of tax in relation to the project).

2 Subsection 48(1)

Omit all the words before paragraph (a), substitute:

(1)
For the purposes of this Act (including this section):

3 Application

The amendments made by this Schedule apply to transactions entered into after this Schedule commences.


[ Minister's second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 14 October 1999
Senate on 9 May 2000 ]
(197/99)



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