Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 9) Act 2012 (12 of 2012)

Schedule 4   New residential premises

Part 1   Amendments

A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999

8   After subsection 40-75(2A)

Insert:

(2B) A supply (the wholesale supply ) of the *residential premises is disregarded as a sale or supply for the purposes of applying paragraph (1)(a) if:

(a) the premises from which the residential premises were created had earlier been supplied to the *recipient of the wholesale supply or one or more of its *associates; and

(b) an arrangement (including an agreement) was made by:

(i) the supplier of the earlier supply, or one or more associates of the supplier; and

(ii) the recipient of the earlier supply, or one or more associates of the recipient; and

(c) under the arrangement, the wholesale supply was conditional on:

(i) specified building or renovation work being undertaken by the recipient of the earlier supply, or by one or more associates of the recipient; or

(ii) circumstances existing as specified in regulations made for the purposes of this subparagraph.

Note 1: The premises referred to in paragraph (a) could be vacant land.

Note 2: For subparagraph (c)(ii), circumstances may be specified by class (see subsection 13(3) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003).

Note 3: This subsection does not apply to a supply if certain commercial commitments were in place before 27 January 2011 (see item 12 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 9) Act 2012).

(2C) A supply of the *residential premises is disregarded as a sale or supply for the purposes of applying paragraph (1)(a) if it is made because a *property subdivision plan relating to the premises was lodged for registration (however described) by the *recipient of the supply or the recipient’s *associate.

Note: This subsection does not apply to a supply if the plan was lodged for registration before 27 January 2011 (see item 13 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No. 9) Act 2012).