PART 5
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OFFENCES AND CIVIL PENALTIES
History
Pt 5 inserted by No 150 of 2015, s 3, Sch 1[4] (effective 1 December 2015).
For application and transitional provisions by No 150 of 2015, Sch 3, see Transitional Information under this Act.
Division 3
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Civil penalties
History
Div 3 inserted by No 150 of 2015, s 3, Sch 1[4] (effective 1 December 2015).
For application and transitional provisions by No 150 of 2015, Sch 3, see Transitional Information under this Act.
Subdivision C
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Civil penalties relating to residential land
History
Subdiv C inserted by No 150 of 2015, s 3, Sch 1[4] (effective 1 December 2015).
For application and transitional provisions by No 150 of 2015, Sch 3, see Transitional Information under this Act.
SECTION 95A
TAKING ACTION WHILE PROHIBITED BY THIS ACT
95A(1)
A person must not take an action relating to a residential land acquisition when prohibited by paragraph
79A(3)(b)
or subsection
79A(4)
.
95A(2)
A person who contravenes subsection
(1)
is liable to a civil penalty.
Penalty
95A(3)
The maximum penalty for the contravention is the greatest of the following:
(a)
double the amount of the capital gain that was made or would be made on the disposal of the interest in the relevant residential land;
(b)
50% of the consideration for the residential land acquisition;
(c)
50% of the market value of the interest in the relevant residential land.
Note 1:
Consideration
is defined by the regulations (see section
4
).
Note 2: For how to work out the capital gain, see section
98
.
History
S 95A amended by No 75 of 2022, s 3, Sch 1[7] and
[
8] (applicable in relation to: (a) a contravention of subsection 95(1) of the
Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975
that: (i) started before 1 January 2023 and did not end before 1 January 2023; or (ii) starts on or after 1 January 2023; or (b) a contravention of any other provision of that Act committed on or after 1 January 2023.).
S 95A inserted by No 114 of 2020, s 3, Sch 1[176] (effective 1 January 2021).
For application and transitional provisions by No 114 of 2020, Sch 1 items 227 to 250, see Transitional Information under this Act.