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DUTIES ACT 2008 - SECT 91S

91S .         Farm-in transaction added to farm-in agreement

        (1)         This section applies if a farm-in transaction (the additional farm-in transaction ) is added to a farm-in agreement after the farm-in agreement is made.

        (2)         The additional farm-in transaction is a concessional farm-in transaction only —

            (a)         if the additional farm-in transaction —

                  (i)         is a concessional farm-in transaction under subsection (3) or (4); and

                  (ii)         if both section 91M(1)(a)(i) and (ii) apply — is a concessional farm-in transaction under both subsections (3) and (4);

                or

            (b)         in any circumstances prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph.

        (3)         The additional farm-in transaction is a concessional farm-in transaction if —

            (a)         section 91M(1)(a)(i) and (c)(i) apply; and

            (b)         each relevant mining tenement for the additional farm-in transaction is also either of the following —

                  (i)         a relevant mining tenement for a concessional farm-in transaction that was contained in the farm-in agreement when the farm-in agreement was made;

                  (ii)         a replacement mining tenement for a relevant mining tenement referred to in subparagraph (i);

                and

            (c)         when the additional farm-in transaction is added to the farm-in agreement, the farmee is not the holder, or 1 of the holders, of any relevant mining tenement for the additional farm-in transaction.

        (4)         The additional farm-in transaction is a concessional farm-in transaction if —

            (a)         section 91M(1)(a)(ii) applies; and

            (b)         each relevant derivative mining right for the additional farm-in transaction is also either of the following —

                  (i)         a relevant derivative mining right for a concessional farm-in transaction that was contained in the farm-in agreement when the farm-in agreement was made;

                  (ii)         a replacement derivative mining right for a relevant derivative mining right referred to in subparagraph (i);

                and

            (c)         the Commissioner is satisfied that, when the additional farm-in transaction is added to the farm-in agreement, the farmee is not the holder, or 1 of the holders, of any relevant derivative mining right for the additional farm-in transaction.

        (5)         If the additional farm-in transaction is a concessional farm-in transaction, the Commissioner may, for the purpose of applying section 91P(3), (5) or (6), reassess the duty chargeable on any other concessional farm-in transaction contained in the farm-in agreement —

            (a)         on the Commissioner’s own initiative; or

            (b)         on the application of the taxpayer.

        (6)         For the purposes of a reassessment under subsection (5) of the duty chargeable on a concessional farm-in transaction, the concessional farm-in transaction is to be taken to have been made when the additional farm-in transaction is added to the farm-in agreement.

        (7)         For the purposes of a reassessment under subsection (5), the Taxation Administration Act section 17 applies as if —

            (a)         in subsection (1) of that section, the reference to 5 years after the original assessment was made were to the later of the following —

                  (i)         5 years after the day on which the original assessment was made;

                  (ii)         12 months after the day on which the additional farm-in transaction is added to the farm-in agreement;

                and

            (b)         in subsection (4) of that section, references to 5 years after the date of the original assessment were to the later of the following —

                  (i)         5 years after the day on which the original assessment was made;

                  (ii)         12 months after the day on which the additional farm-in transaction is added to the farm-in agreement.

        [Section 91S inserted: No. 37 of 2022 s. 8.]



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