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DUTIES ACT 2008 - SECT 91I

91I .         Failure to grant, or surrender of, derivative mining right after transfer of mining tenement

        (1)         In this section —

        mining tenement valuation provision means section 91E(2) or 91F(2);

        prospective right , in relation to a mining tenement valuation provision, means the prospective right referred to in whichever of section 91E(1)(b) or 91F(1)(b) is relevant.

        (2)         A mining tenement valuation provision that applies to an agreement for the transfer of a mining tenement when liability for duty on the agreement arises ceases to apply to the agreement if —

            (a)         the prospective right is not granted within the period that applies under subsection (3); or

            (b)         the prospective right is surrendered for no consideration within 12 months after the day on which the mining tenement is transferred.

        (3)         For the purposes of subsection (2)(a), the period is —

            (a)         the period of 90 days starting on the day on which the mining tenement is transferred; or

            (b)         any longer period allowed, on application within the period referred to in paragraph (a), by the Commissioner on any conditions the Commissioner thinks fit.

        (4)         If a failure to grant the prospective right referred to in subsection (2)(a) occurs, the transferee in respect of the agreement for transfer referred to in subsection (2) must lodge a notice of the failure in the approved form within 2 months after the last day of the period that applies under subsection (3).

        Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $20 000.

        (5)         If a surrender referred to in subsection (2)(b) occurs, the person who surrenders the prospective right must lodge a notice of the surrender in the approved form within 2 months after the day on which the surrender occurs.

        Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $20 000.

        (6)         Subject to the Taxation Administration Act section 17, the Commissioner must make any reassessment necessary as a result of the operation of subsection (2).

        [Section 91I inserted: No. 12 of 2019 s. 34.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 37 of 2022 s. 8.]

        [Heading inserted: No. 37 of 2022 s. 8.]



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