Australian Tax Treaties
For the purposes of this Agreement, the term " resident of a Contracting Party " means:
(a) in the case of Australia, a person who is a resident of Australia for the purposes of Australian tax; and
(b) in the case of the British Virgin Islands, a person who is liable to pay tax under British Virgin Islands law.
2
A person is not a resident of a Contracting Party for the purposes of this Agreement if the person is liable to tax in that Contracting Party in respect only of income from sources in that Contracting Party.
3
Where by reason of the preceding provisions of this Article a person, being an individual, is a resident of both Contracting Parties, then the person's status shall be determined as follows:
(a) the individual shall be deemed to be a resident only of the Contracting Party in which a permanent home is available to that individual; if a permanent home is available in both Contracting Parties, or in neither of them, that individual shall be deemed to be a resident only of the Contracting Party with which the individual's personal and economic relations are closer (centre of vital interests);
(b) if the Contracting Party in which the individual has their centre of vital interests cannot be determined, the individual shall be deemed to be a resident only of the Contracting Party of which the individual is a national;
(c) if the individual is a national of both Contracting Parties or of neither of them, the competent authorities of the Contracting Parties shall endeavour to resolve the question by mutual agreement.
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