PART II
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INTERPRETATION
SECTION 2B
GROUP COMPANIES, SUBSIDIARIES, BASIC COMPANY GROUPS AND OVERALL COMPANY GROUPS
Group company
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period
2B(1)
For the purposes of this Act, a company is a group company in relation to another company and a period if:
(a)
one of the companies was a subsidiary of the other company; or
(b)
each of the companies was a subsidiary of the same company;
at all times during so much of the period during which both companies were in existence.
History
S 2B(1) amended by
No 47 of 2009
, s 3 and Sch 3 item 11, by inserting
"
at all times
"
before
"
during so much
"
, applicable in relation to instalments and assessments of tax under the
Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1986
for years of tax that start on or after 1 July 2009.
Group company
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time
2B(1A)
For the purposes of this Act, a company is a
group company
in relation to another company at a particular time if, at that time:
(a)
one of the companies was a subsidiary of the other company; or
(b)
each of the companies was a subsidiary of the same company.
History
S 2B(1A) inserted by
No 47 of 2009
, s 3 and Sch 3 item 12, applicable in relation to instalments and assessments of tax under the
Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1986
for years of tax that start on or after 1 July 2009.
Subsidiary
2B(2)
For the purposes of this Act, a company (in this subsection called the
subsidiary company
) is a
subsidiary
of another company (in this subsection called the
holding company
) at a particular time if, at that time:
(a)
all the shares in the subsidiary company are beneficially owned by:
(i)
the holding company; or
(ii)
a company that is, or 2 or more companies each of which is, a subsidiary of the holding company; or
(iii)
the holding company and a company that is, or 2 or more companies each of which is, a subsidiary of the holding company; and
(b)
there is no agreement, arrangement or understanding in force under which any person is able, or would be able after that time, to affect rights of the holding company or of a subsidiary of the holding company in relation to the subsidiary company.
History
S 2B(2) substituted by
No 47 of 2009
, s 3 and Sch 3 item 13, applicable in relation to instalments and assessments of tax under the
Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1986
for years of tax that start on or after 1 July 2009. S 2B(2) formerly read:
2B(2)
For the purposes of this section, a company (in this subsection called the
subsidiary company
) is a subsidiary of another company (in this subsection called the
holding company
) during a period if:
(a)
at all times during the period, all the shares in the subsidiary company were beneficially owned by:
(i)
the holding company; or
(ii)
a company that is, or 2 or more companies each of which is, a subsidiary of the holding company; or
(iii)
the holding company and a company that is, or 2 or more companies each of which is, a subsidiary of the holding company; and
(b)
there was no agreement, arrangement or understanding in force during any part of the period under which any person was able, or would be able after the period, to affect rights of the holding company or of a subsidiary of the holding company in relation to the subsidiary company.
2B(3)
For the purposes of this Act, where a company is a subsidiary of another company (including a company that is such a subsidiary by virtue of another application or other applications of this subsection), every company that is a subsidiary of the first-mentioned company is also a subsidiary of the other company.
History
S 2B(3) amended by
No 47 of 2009
, s 3 and Sch 3 item 14, by substituting
"
this Act
"
for
"
this section
"
, applicable in relation to instalments and assessments of tax under the
Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1986
for years of tax that start on or after 1 July 2009.
2B(4)
For the purposes of subsection (2), a person is taken to be able to affect rights of a company in relation to another company if the person has a right, power or option (whether because of any provision in the constituent document of either of those companies or because of any agreement or instrument or otherwise) to acquire those rights or do an act or thing that would prevent the first-mentioned company from exercising those rights for its own benefit or receiving any benefits occurring because of those rights.
Basic company group
2B(4A)
For the purposes of this Act, a
basic company group
is a group of companies, where each company in the group is a group company in relation to each other company in the group.
History
S 2B(4A) inserted by
No 47 of 2009
, s 3 and Sch 3 item 15, applicable in relation to instalments and assessments of tax under the
Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1986
for years of tax that start on or after 1 July 2009.
Overall company group
2B(4B)
For the purposes of this Act, an
overall company group
is a basic company group that is not a subset of any other basic company group.
History
S 2B(4B) inserted by
No 47 of 2009
, s 3 and Sch 3 item 15, applicable in relation to instalments and assessments of tax under the
Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1986
for years of tax that start on or after 1 July 2009.
When company in existence
2B(5)
For the purposes of this section, a company is taken to be in existence if it has been incorporated and has not been dissolved.
History
S 2B(5) amended by No 78 of 2006, s 3 and Sch 5 item 1, by substituting
"
For
"
for
"
Subject to subsections (6) and (7), for
"
, applicable only in relation to returns, assessments, notices and certificates under the
Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987
in relation to financial years that start on or after 1 July 2006.
2B(6)
(Repealed by No 78 of 2006)
History
S 2B(6) repealed by No 78 of 2006, s 3 and Sch 5 item 2, applicable only in relation to returns, assessments, notices and certificates under the
Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987
in relation to financial years that start on or after 1 July 2006. S 2B(6) formerly read:
2B(6)
For the purposes of subsection (1), where:
(a)
at a particular time (in this subsection called the
acquisition time
), one or more companies acquired all the shares in another company (in this subsection called the
shelf company
) from the shareholders in the shelf company; and
(b)
the shelf company was dormant, within the meaning of section
62
of the
Corporations Act 2001
, throughout the period (in this subsection called the
dormant period
) starting on the day on which the shelf company was incorporated and ending at the acquisition time;
the shelf company is taken not to have been in existence during the dormant period.
S 2B(6) amended by No 55 of 2001, s 3 and Sch 3 item 415, by substituting ``
Corporations Act 2001
'' for ``Corporations Law'' in para (b), effective 15 July 2001.
2B(7)
(Repealed by No 78 of 2006)
History
S 2B(7) repealed by No 78 of 2006, s 3 and Sch 5 item 2, applicable only in relation to returns, assessments, notices and certificates under the
Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987
in relation to financial years that start on or after 1 July 2006. S 2B(7) formerly read:
2B(7)
For the purposes of subsection (1), where:
(a)
a company (in this subsection called the
shelf company
) has issued shares (in this subsection called the
newly issued shares
) to another company or companies; and
(b)
immediately before the issue of the shares, a person or persons held other shares in the shelf company; and
(c)
immediately after the issue of the shares, the shelf company redeemed all the shares in the shelf company other than the newly issued shares; and
(d)
the shelf company was dormant, within the meaning of section
62
of the
Corporations Act 2001
, throughout the period (in this subsection called the
dormant period
) starting on the day on which the shelf company was incorporated and ending immediately before the issue of the shares;
the shelf company is taken not to have been in existence during the dormant period.
S 2B(7) amended by No 55 of 2001, s 3 and Sch 3 item 415, by substituting ``
Corporations Act 2001
'' for ``Corporations Law'' in para (d), effective 15 July 2001.