THE CORPORATIONS LAW

CHAPTER 2J - TRANSACTIONS AFFECTING SHARE CAPITAL

PART 2J.1 - SHARE CAPITAL REDUCTIONS AND SHARE BUY-BACKS

Division 3 - Other share capital reductions

SECTION 258B   RIGHT TO OCCUPY OR USE REAL PROPERTY  

258B(1)  (Shareholder right to occupy or use)  

If a company has a constitution, under it the company may grant to a shareholder, as a shareholder, a right to occupy or use real property that the company owns or holds under lease, whether the right is a lease or licence or a contractual right.

Note:

Before the introduction of strata or unit titles systems, rights to occupy real property were sometimes based on a holding of shares in a company.

258B(2)  (Transfer of interest in land)  

A company may transfer to a person an interest in land in exchange for, or in satisfaction of, a right to occupy or use the land of the kind referred to in subsection (1).

Example:

A person has a right to occupy an apartment in a block of units because they hold shares in a company. As part of converting the block of units to strata title, the person surrenders the shares in return for a transfer of strata title over the apartment. The capital reduction involved in the transfer is authorised under this subsection.




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