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Western Australia Stamp Amendment (First Home Owner) Bill 2006 CONTENTS 1. Short title 2 2. Commencement 2 3. The Act amended 2 4. Section 75AG amended 2 5. Second Schedule amended 3 156--1 page i Western Australia LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (Introduced by Mr Buswell, MLA) Stamp Amendment (First Home Owner) Bill 2006 A Bill for An Act to amend the Stamp Act 1921. The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows: page 1 Stamp Amendment (First Home Owner) Bill 2006 s. 1 1. Short title This is the Stamp Amendment (First Home Owner) Act 2006. 2. Commencement This Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives the 5 Royal Assent. 3. The Act amended The amendments in this Act are to the Stamp Act 1921*. [* Reprint 16 as at 12 May 2006.] 10 4. Section 75AG amended (1) The heading is amended by deleting "Reduction of duty or refund for" and inserting instead -- " Exemption from duty for ". (2) Section 75AG(1) is amended as follows -- 15 (a) by inserting after "Duty" -- " is not payable ". (b) by inserting after "property" in the first place where it occurs -- " under the Transfer of Land Act 1893 ". 20 (c) by deleting "referred to in the Second Schedule item 4(2) or (3) becomes chargeable at the rate set out in the respective subitem". (3) Section 75AG (1a) is amended as follows -- (a) by deleting "the Second Schedule item 4(2) or (3)" and 25 inserting instead -- " subsection (1) ". page 2 Stamp Amendment (First Home Owner) Bill 2006 s. 5 (b) in paragraph (a), by deleting "referred to in item 4(2)" and inserting instead -- " where the land includes a home ". (c) in paragraph (a), by deleting "$350 000" and inserting 5 instead -- " $420 000 ". (d) in paragraph (b), by deleting "property referred to in item 4(3)" and inserting instead -- " vacant land ". 10 (4) Section 75AG(2) is amended by deleting "the amount of duty chargeable on the instrument to be assessed" and inserting instead -- " exemption from duty ". (5) Section 75AG(5)(b) is amended by deleting "duty on the 15 instrument is chargeable" and inserting instead -- " the instrument is exempt from duty ". (6) Section 75AG(9) is amended by deleting "duty on the instrument of transfer is not, or is no longer (as the case requires) chargeable" and inserting instead -- 20 " the instrument is not, or is no longer (as the case requires) exempt from duty ". 5. Second Schedule amended 25 (1) The amendments in this section are to the Second Schedule. (2) Items 4(2) and 4(3) are deleted.
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