2003
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

(As presented)
(Treasurer)
Revenue Legislation Amendment Bill 2003 (No 3)

Contents
	Page
Part 1	Preliminary
	1	Name of Act	2
	2	Commencement	2
Part 2	Rates and Land Tax Act 1926
	3	Legislation amended	3
	4	Section 24A	3
	5	New section 25	5
Part 3	Taxation Administration Act 1999
	6	Legislation amended	7
	7	Meaning of tax laws
New section 4 (ha)	7
	8	Section 4	7
	9	New section 143A	7
	10	Expiry of pt 12
Section 144 (2)	8
	11	Section 144 (2), note	8

2003
THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

(As presented)
(Treasurer)
Revenue Legislation Amendment Bill 2003 (No 3)

A Bill for
An Act to amend the Rates and Land Tax Act 1926 and the Taxation Administration Act 1999

    

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

Part 1	Preliminary
1	Name of Act
This Act is the Revenue Legislation Amendment Act 2003 (No 3).  
2	Commencement
This Act commences on the day after its notification day.
Note	The naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act, s 75 (1)).

Part 2	Rates and Land Tax Act 1926
3	Legislation amended
This part amends the Rates and Land Tax Act 1926.
4	Section 24A 
substitute
24A	Unit subdivisions
	(1)	For this Act, if a parcel of land is subdivided by the registration of a units plan (a unit subdivision), the land making up the parcel is taken to continue to be a single parcel of land.
	(2)	Without limiting subsection (1), a determination of the unimproved value of a parcel of land that is a unit subdivision is a determination of the unimproved value of the parcel.
	(3)	However, in the application of this Act to a unit subdivision—
	(a)	a reference to a parcel of land in relation to the assessment or payment of rates or land tax is a reference to a unit; and
	(b)	a reference to the owner is—
	(i)	in relation to the assessment or payment of rates or land tax—a reference to the unit owner; and
	(ii)	in relation to a notice of transfer—a reference to the unit owner; and
	(iii)	in relation to any other notice—a reference to the owners corporation.
	(4)	If rates and land tax (if any) imposed for the parcel for the year, or the quarter, when the units plan is registered are not paid before the registration of the units plan, they are payable by the person who was the owner of the parcel on the day before the day when the units plan was registered.
	(5)	On and after 1 July after the day when the units plan is registered or, if it is registered on 1 July, on and after that 1 July—
	(a)	the rates imposed for the parcel are payable by the unit owners; and
	(b)	the amount payable by each unit owner is an amount worked out under subsection (6); and
	(c)	no rates for the parcel are payable by the owners corporation.
	(6)	Section 13 (Imposition) applies to impose rates on a unit that is part of a unit subdivision as if a reference to the average unimproved value for the unit were a reference to the amount worked out in accordance with the following formula:

	(7)	On and after the 1st day of the next quarter after the day when the units plan is registered or, if it is registered on the 1st day of a quarter, on and after that day—
	(a)	any land tax imposed under this Act for the parcel of land is payable by the unit owners whose units are subject to land tax; and
	(b)	the amount payable by each owner whose unit is subject to land tax is worked out under subsection (8); and
	(c)	no land tax for the parcel is payable by the owners corporation.
	(8)	In working out the land tax payable for the parcel of land under section 22A (Imposition of land tax), the average unimproved value of the unit is the amount worked out in accordance with the following formula:

	(9)	In this section:
AUV	means the average unimproved value of the parcel of land.
TUE	means the unit entitlement of all the units in the units plan.
UE	means the unit entitlement of the particular unit.
	(10)	If an amount worked out under this section contains a fraction of a cent, the amount must be rounded to the nearest cent, with ½ a cent being disregarded.
	(11)	Expressions used in this section have the same meanings as in the Unit Titles Act 2001.
5	New section 25
insert
25	Application of amendments of s 24A
	(1)	Section 24A as amended by the Revenue Legislation Amendment Act 2003 (No 3) applies, and is taken to have applied on and from 1 August 1991, in relation to a parcel of land subdivided by the registration of a units plan whether before, on or after that date.
	(2)	However, section 24A as so amended is taken to have applied—
	(a)	in relation to the period from 1 August 1991 to 1 July 1995—as if—
	(i)	the reference in subsection (4) to a quarter were omitted; and
	(ii)	any other reference to a quarter were a reference to a year; and
	(b)	in relation to the period from 1 August 1991 to 5 October 2001—as if—
	(i)	a reference in that section to an owners corporation were a reference to a corporation; and
	(ii)	a reference in that section to a unit owner were a reference to a member of a corporation; and
	(iii)	a reference to the Unit Titles Act 2001 were a reference to the Unit Titles Act 1970.
	(3)	This section expires 1 year after the day it commences.

Part 3	Taxation Administration Act 1999
6	Legislation amended
This part amends the Taxation Administration Act 1999.
7	Meaning of tax laws
New section 4 (ha)
insert
	(ha)	the Taxation (Administration) Act 1987;
8	Section 4
renumber paragraphs when Act next republished under the Legislation Act
9	New section 143A
insert
143A	Application of secrecy provisions to former Act
On and after the commencement of this section, division 9.4 (Secrecy) applies in relation to a confidential document or confidential information acquired under, or as a result of exercising functions under or in relation to, the Taxation (Administration) Act 1987.
10	Expiry of pt 12
Section 144 (2)
omit
141 to 143
substitute
141 to 143A
11	Section 144 (2), note
omit
142-144
substitute
142-143

Endnote
	Republications of amended laws
	For the latest republication of amended laws, see www.legislation.act.gov.au.

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