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DUTIES ACT 2008 - SECT 247

247 .         If licence is for vehicle used for charitable etc. purposes

        (1)         Duty is not chargeable on the grant or transfer of a licence for a vehicle to a dealer if —

            (a)         the vehicle is to be loaned by the dealer —

                  (i)         to a charitable organisation to be used solely for providing assistance to underprivileged or disadvantaged persons; or

                  (ii)         to a charitable organisation to be used solely for providing emergency assistance; or

                  (iii)         to a school (within the meaning given in the School Education Act 1999 ) to be used solely for student driver training; or

                  (iv)         to an individual solely for a philanthropic purpose approved by the Commissioner; or

                  (v)         solely for a prescribed purpose;

                and

            (b)         the application for the grant or transfer of the licence is accompanied by, or includes, a declaration in the approved form to the effect that —

                  (i)         while the dealer holds the licence the vehicle will not be used for any purpose other than a purpose referred to in paragraph (a) or section 246(1)(a), (2)(a) or (3)(a); and

                  (ii)         the dealer understands the effect of sections 248 and 249.

        (2)         The Commissioner may approve a philanthropic purpose for the purposes of subsection (1)(a)(iv) for a particular dealer or class of dealer, and the approval may take effect from a day that is earlier than the day on which the Commissioner grants the approval.

        (3)         Subject to the Taxation Administration Act section 17, the Commissioner must make any reassessment necessary to give effect to subsection (2).

        [Section 247 amended: No. 16 of 2022 s. 12.]



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