Australian Tax Treaties

Cook Islands Agreement  

AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF AUSTRALIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COOK ISLANDS ON THE ALLOCATION OF TAXING RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN INCOME OF INDIVIDUALS AND TO ESTABLISH A MUTUAL AGREEMENT PROCEDURE IN RESPECT OF TRANSFER PRICING ADJUSTMENTS  

ARTICLE 3   Definitions  

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For the purposes of this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) the term " Australia " , when used in a geographical sense, excludes all external territories other than:

(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 Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands; and

(vi) the Coral Sea Islands Territory,

and includes any area adjacent to the territorial limits of Australia (including the Territories specified in this subparagraph) in respect of which there is for the time being in force, consistently with international law, a law of Australia dealing with the exploration for or exploitation of any of the natural resources of the exclusive economic zone or the seabed and subsoil of the continental shelf;

(b) the term " the Cook Islands " means the territory of the Cook Islands;

(c) the term " competent authority " means, in the case of Australia, the Commissioner of Taxation or an authorised representative of the Commissioner and in the case of the Cook Islands, the Collector of Inland Revenue or an authorised representative of the Collector;

(d) the term " Contracting Party " means Australia or the Cook Islands, as the context requires;

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

(f) the term " tax " means Australian tax or Cook Islands tax, as the context requires; and

(g) the term " transfer pricing adjustment " means an adjustment made by the competent authority of a Contracting Party to the profits of an enterprise as a result of applying the domestic law concerning taxes referred to in Article 2 of that Contracting Party regarding transfer pricing.

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As regards the application of this Agreement at any time by a Contracting Party, any term not defined therein shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the meaning that it has at that time under the law of that Contracting Party, for the purposes of the taxes to which this Agreement applies, with any meaning under the applicable tax laws of that Contracting Party prevailing over a meaning given to the term under other laws of that Contracting Party.