Australian Tax Treaties

Korean Convention  

CONVENTION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBLE TAXATION AND THE PREVENTION OF FISCAL EVASION WITH RESPECT TO TAXES ON INCOME  

CHAPTER II - DEFINITIONS  

ARTICLE 3   General Definitions  

(1)    
For the purposes of this Convention, unless the context otherwise requires -

(a) the term " Australia " means the Commonwealth of Australia and, when used in a geographical sense, includes -

(i) the Territory of Norfolk Island;

(ii) the Territory of Christmas Island;

(iii) the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands;

(iv) the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands;

(v) the Coral Sea Islands Territory; and

(vi) any area adjacent to the territorial limits of Australia or of the said Territories in respect of which there is for the time being in force, consistently with international law, a law of Australia or of a State or part of Australia or of a Territory aforesaid dealing with the exploitation of any of the natural resources of the sea-bed and subsoil of the continental shelf;

(b) the term " Korea " means the Republic of Korea and, when used in a geographical sense, it includes any area adjacent to the territorial sea of the Republic of Korea which, in accordance with international law, has been or may hereafter be designated under the laws of the Republic of Korea as an area within which the sovereign rights of the Republic of Korea with respect to the sea-bed and subsoil and their natural resources may be exercised;

(c) the terms " a Contracting State " and " the other Contracting State " mean Australia or Korea, as the context requires;

(d) the term " person " means an individual, a company and any other body of persons;

(e) the term " company " means any body corporate or any entity which is assimilated to a body corporate for tax purposes;

(f) the terms " enterprise of a Contracting State " and " enterprise of the other Contracting State " mean respectively an enterprise carried on by a resident of a Contracting State and an enterprise carried on by a resident of the other Contracting State;

(g) the term " tax " means Australian tax or Korean tax, as the context requires;

(h) the term " Australian tax " means tax imposed by Australia, being tax to which this Convention applies by virtue of Article 2;

(i) the term " Korean tax " means tax imposed by Korea, being tax to which this Convention applies by virtue of Article 2;

(j) the term " competent authority " means, in the case of Australia, the Commissioner of Taxation or his authorized representative, and in the case of Korea, the Minister of Finance or his authorized representative; and

(k) the term " international traffic " , in relation to the operation of ships or aircraft by a resident of a Contracting State, means operations of ships or aircraft other than operations of ships or aircraft which are confined solely to places in the other Contracting State, and for this purpose the carriage of passengers, livestock, mail, goods or merchandise shipped in a Contracting State for discharge at another place in that State shall be treated as operations confined solely to places in that State.

(2)    
In this Convention, the terms " Australian tax " and " Korean tax " do not include any penalty or interest imposed under the law of either Contracting State relating to the taxes to which this Convention applies by virtue of Article 2.

(3)    
In the application of this Convention by a Contracting State, any term not defined in this Convention shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meaning which it has under the laws of that Contracting State relating to the taxes to which this Convention applies.