CHAPTER 3 
-
 SPECIALIST LIABILITY RULES
       
      
      PART 3-45 
-
 RULES FOR PARTICULAR INDUSTRIES AND OCCUPATIONS
       
      
      Division 355 
-
 Research and Development
       
      
      
      
      
        History
        
        
          Div 355 inserted by No 93 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 1 item 1, effective 8 September 2011.
          No 93 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 4 items 1 to 6 contains the following application, savings and transitional provisions:
            
              Schedule 4 
-
 Application, savings and transitional provisions
              
              Part 1 
-
 Application provisions
              
              1 Application of repeals and amendments
               
              
              (1)
              
              
The repeals and amendments made by this Act apply:
              
              
              (a)
              so far as they affect assessments 
-
 to assessments for income years commencing on or after 1 July 2011; and
 
              
              
              (b)
              so far as they relate to income years but do not affect assessments 
-
 to income years commencing on or after 1 July 2011; and
 
              
              
              (c)
              otherwise
-
to acts done or omitted to be done, states of affairs existing, or periods ending on or after the commencement of the first income year commencing on or after 1 July 2011.
 
                Note:
                
                For the purposes of an assessment for an income year commencing on or after 1 July 2011, regard may still be had to acts done or omitted to be done, states of affairs existing, or periods ending during an earlier income year. For example, regard may be had to expenditure incurred by other entities in income years commencing before 1 July 2011 for the purposes of paragraph 
355-415(1)(b)
 of the 
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
.
 
              
              
              (2)
              
              
However, each of the following applies in relation to the 2011-12 financial year and all later financial years:
              
              
              (a)
              section 
29E
 of the 
Industry Research and Development Act 1986
 (as inserted by Schedule 2);
 
              
              
              (b)
              the repeal of paragraph 
39H(b)
 of the 
Industry Research and Development Act 1986
;
 
              
              
              (c)
              section 
46
 of the 
Industry Research and Development Act 1986
 (as amended by this Act).
 
              
              Part 2 
-
 General savings provisions
              
              2 Object
               
              
              2
              
              
The object of this Part is to ensure that, despite the repeals and amendments made by this Act, the full legal and administrative consequences of:
              
              
              (a)
              any act done or omitted to be done; or
 
              
              
              (b)
              any state of affairs existing; or
 
              
              
              (c)
              any period ending;
 
              before such a repeal or amendment applies, can continue to arise and be carried out, directly or indirectly through an indefinite number of steps, even if some or all of those steps are taken after the repeal or amendment applies.
 
              3 Making and amending assessments, and doing other things etc., in relation to past matters
               
              
              (1)
              
              
Even though a provision is repealed or amended by this Act, the repeal or amendment is disregarded for the purpose of doing any of the following under any Act or legislative instrument (within the meaning of the 
Legislative Instruments Act 2003
):
              
              
              (a)
              making or amending an assessment (including under a provision that is itself repealed or amended);
 
              
              
              (b)
              exercising any right or power, performing any obligation or duty or doing any other thing (including under a provision that is itself repealed or amended);
 
              in relation to any act done or omitted to be done, any state of affairs existing, or any period ending, before the repeal or amendment applies.
 
                Note:
                
                Examples of things covered by this subitem are as follows:
                  
                    
(a) an eligible company may object under Part 
IVC
 of the 
Taxation Administration Act 1953
 in an income year commencing on or after 1 July 2011 about a notice given under former section 
73I
 of the 
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
 for an income year commencing before 1 July 2011;
                    
                    (b) an eligible company seeking registration under former section 
39J
 of the 
Industry Research and Development Act 1986
 for an income year commencing before 1 July 2011 may do so during an income year commencing on or after 1 July 2011;
                    
                    (c) Innovation Australia may give a certificate under former section 
39M
 of the 
Industry Research and Development Act 1986
 in an income year commencing on or after 1 July 2011 about research and development activities registered for an income year commencing before 1 July 2011.
                    
                  
 
 
              
              
              (2)
              
              
Even though a provision is repealed or amended by this Act, the repeal or amendment is disregarded so far as it relates to a state of affairs:
              
              
              (a)
              that exists after the repeal or amendment applies; and
 
              
              
              (b)
              that relates to:
              
                
                (i)
                an act done or omitted to be done; or
              
              
                
                (ii)
                a state of affairs existing; or
              
              
                
                (iii)
                a period ending;
              
before the repeal or amendment applies.
 
                Note:
                
                Examples of things covered by this subitem are as follows:
                  
                    
(a) an amount may be included in an eligible company
'
s assessable income under former subsection 
73BF(4)
 of the 
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
 for an income year commencing on or after 1 July 2011 if the company receives in that income year an amount for the results of research and development activities for which the company had deductions under former section 
73BA
 of that Act in an income year commencing before 1 July 2011;
                    
                    (b) an eligible company
'
s deduction under section 
73B
 of the 
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
 for expenditure incurred during an income year commencing before 1 July 2011 is reduced because of section 
73C
 of that Act if, in an income year commencing on or after 1 July 2011, the company receives a recoupment of that expenditure from the Commonwealth.
                    
                  
 
 
              
              
              (3)
              
              
To avoid doubt, this item extends to the repeal of subsection 
286-75(3)
, and paragraph 
286-80(2)(b)
, in Schedule 
1
 to the 
Taxation Administration Act 1953
. In particular, if, in a particular case, the period in respect of which an administrative penalty is payable under subsection 
286-75(3)
 in that Schedule:
              
              
              (a)
              has not begun; or
 
              
              
              (b)
              has begun but not ended;
 
              when those provisions are repealed, then, despite the repeal, those provisions continue to apply in the particular case until the end of the period.
 
              
              4 Saving of provisions about effect of assessments
               
              
              4
              
              
If a provision or part of a provision that is repealed or amended by this Act deals with the effect of an assessment, the repeal or amendment is disregarded in relation to assessments made, before or after the repeal or amendment applies, in relation to any act done or omitted to be done, any state of affairs existing, or any period ending, before the repeal or amendment applies.
              5 Repeals disregarded for the purposes of dependent provisions
               
              
              5
              
              
If the operation of a provision (the 
              subject provision
              
) of any Act or legislative instrument (within the meaning of the 
Legislative Instruments Act 2003
) made under any Act depends to any extent on a provision that is repealed by this Act, the repeal is disregarded so far as it affects the operation of the subject provision.
              6 Schedule does not limit operation of the 
                Acts Interpretation Act 1901
                
 
               
              
              6
              
              
This Schedule does not limit the operation of the 
Acts Interpretation Act 1901
.
 
         
       
      
      Subdivision 355-J 
-
 Application to R
&
D partnerships
       
      
      
      
      
        History
        
        
          Subdiv 355-J inserted by No 93 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 1 item 1, effective 8 September 2011. For application, savings and transitional provisions see note under Div 
355
 heading.
         
       
      
      
      SECTION 355-520
       
      When notional deductions arise for decline in value of depreciating assets of R
&
D partnerships
       
      
      
      When notional deductions arise
        
      
      
      
      355-520(1)
       
      
       
      If:
      
      
      (a)
      an 
*
R
&
D entity is a partner of an 
*
R
&
D partnership at some time during an income year (the 
      
present year
      
); and
 
      
      
      (b)
      the partner is registered under section 
27A
 of the 
Industry Research and Development Act 1986
 for the present year for one or more 
*
R
&
D activities that are activities to which section 
355-210
 (conditions for R
&
D activities) applies; and
        Note:
        
        Section 
355-210
 applies with changes for this paragraph (see section 
355-515
).
 
 
      
      
      (c)
      while a tangible 
*
depreciating asset is 
*
held by the R
&
D partnership during the present year, the asset is used for the purpose of conducting one or more of those R
&
D activities; and
 
      
      
      (d)
      the R
&
D partnership could deduct an amount under section 
40-25
 for the asset for the present year if Division 
40
 applied with the changes described in section 
355-310
; and
        Note:
        
        Section 
355-310
 applies with changes for this paragraph (see subsection (2) of this section).
 
 
      
      
      (e)
      the R
&
D partnership cannot deduct an amount for the asset for:
      
        
        (i)
        an earlier income year under Subdivision 
328-D
 (capital allowances for small business entities); or
      
      
        
        (ii)
        an earlier income year under Division 
40
 (as that Division applies apart from this Division), in a case where section 
40-440
 (low-value pools) applied;
      
 
      the partner can deduct the partner
'
s proportion of the amount referred to in paragraph (d) for the present year.
 
      
      
      Changed application of Division 40 for this Subdivision
        
      
      
      
      355-520(2)
       
      
       
      For the purposes of this Subdivision, section 
355-310
 applies as if the following changes were made:
      
        
        
 
      
      
      Disregard certain assets held because of CRC contributions
        
      
      
      
      355-520(3)
       
      
       
      This section has effect subject to subsection 
355-580(4)
 (CRC contributions).
      
      
      
      
        History
        
        
          S 355-520 inserted by No 93 of 2011, s 3 and Sch 1 item 1, effective 8 September 2011. For application, savings and transitional provisions see note under Div 
355
 heading.