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STAMP AMENDMENT BILL 2006

                 Western Australia


     Stamp Amendment Bill 2006

                   CONTENTS


1.   Short title                      2
2.   Commencement                     2
3.   The Act amended                  2
4.   Section 73D amended              2




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                     LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY



              Stamp Amendment Bill 2006


                               A Bill for


An Act to amend the Stamp Act 1921.



The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:




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     1.              Short title
                     This is the Stamp Amendment Act 2006.

     2.              Commencement
          (1)        Subject to subsection (2), this Act comes into operation on the
 5                   day after the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
          (2)        Section 4 is deemed to have come into operation on
                     27 June 2006.

     3.              The Act amended
                     The amendments in this Act are to the Stamp Act 1921*.
10                   [* Reprint 16 as at 12 May 2006.
                        For subsequent amendments see Act No. 31 of 2006.]

     4.              Section 73D amended
          (1)        After section 73D(1a) the following subsections are inserted --
                "
15                  (1b)   For the purposes of this section, if --
                             (a)   the unit trustee ("Trustee A") of a unit trust
                                   scheme ("Trust A") holds as trustee of Trust A
                                   a unit in another unit trust scheme ("Trust B");
                                   and
20                          (b)    the unit trustee of Trust B holds as trustee of
                                   Trust B --
                                     (i)   land and chattels situated in Western
                                           Australia; or
                                    (ii)   any interest, including any beneficial
25                                         interest and any interest taken to be held
                                           by that trustee by the operation of this



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                                   subsection, in land and chattels situated
                                   in Western Australia,
                    Trustee A is taken to hold as trustee of Trust A an
                    undivided share, equivalent to the proportion of the
 5                  total issued units under Trust B represented by the unit
                    in Trust B held by Trustee A, in the land and chattels or
                    in that interest in land and chattels.
           (1c)     Subsection (1b) --
                     (a) applies for the purposes of a disposition made
10                         on or after 27 June 2006 in relation to a unit in
                           a unit trust scheme; and
                     (b) has effect despite anything to the contrary in
                           any trust deed or other document.
                                                                                ".
15   (2)    Section 73D(6) is amended after "subsection" by inserting --
            "     (1b) or   ".




 


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