Legislation, In force, Commonwealth
Commonwealth: Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 3) 2003 (Cth)
An Act to amend the law relating to taxation, and for related purposes 1 Short title [see Note 1] This Act may be cited as the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No.
          Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 3) 2003
Act No. 101 of 2003 as amended
This compilation was prepared on 23 September 2010
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 75 of 2010
The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section
The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may be
affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney‑General's Department, Canberra
Contents
1 Short title [see Note 1]
2 Commencement
3 Schedule(s)
5 No tax consequences result from AGL's corporate conversion etc.
Schedule 1—Income tax deductions for gifts
Part 1—Amendments
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
Part 2—Application of amendments
Schedule 2—Employee share schemes
Part 1—Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
Part 2—Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
Part 3—Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986
Schedule 3—Franking of distributions by co‑operatives
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
Schedule 4—Reasonable benefit limits
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
Schedule 5—Petroleum resource rent tax
Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987
Schedule 6—Technical amendments
A New Tax System (Family Assistance and Related Measures) Act 2000
A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
A New Tax System (Pay As You Go) Act 1999
A New Tax System (Tax Administration) Act (No. 2) 2000
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
Superannuation Legislation Amendment Act (No. 3) 1999
Taxation Administration Act 1953
Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 3) 1999
Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 4) 1997
Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 4) 2000
Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 7) 2000
Tax Law Improvement Act (No. 1) 1998
Notes
An Act to amend the law relating to taxation, and for related purposes
1  Short title [see Note 1]
  This Act may be cited as the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 3) 2003.
2  Commencement
 (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, on the day or at the time specified in column 2 of the table.
Commencement information
Column 1                                                                          Column 2                                                                                                                                                                  Column 3
Provision(s)                                                                      Commencement                                                                                                                                                              Date/Details
1.  Sections 1 to 4 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table  The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent                                                                                                                       14 October 2003
2.  Section 5                                                                     11 October 2002                                                                                                                                                           11 October 2002
3.  Schedule 1                                                                    The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent                                                                                                                       14 October 2003
4.  Schedule 2                                                                    The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent                                                                                                                       14 October 2003
5.  Schedule 3                                                                    The later of:                                                                                                                                                             14 October 2003
                                                                                  (a) immediately after the commencement of Part 1 of Schedule 10 to the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 6) 2003; and
                                                                                  (b) the start of the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent
6.  Schedule 4                                                                    The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent                                                                                                                       14 October 2003
7.  Schedule 5                                                                    The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent                                                                                                                       14 October 2003
8.  Schedule 6, item 1                                                            Immediately after the time specified in the A New Tax System (Family Assistance and Related Measures) Act 2000 for the commencement of item 30 of Schedule 4 to that Act  1 July 2000
9.  Schedule 6, item 2                                                            Immediately after the commencement of section 195‑1 of the A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999                                                             1 July 2000
10.  Schedule 6, item 3                                                           Immediately after the time specified in the A New Tax System (Pay As You Go) Act 1999 for the commencement of items 44 and 45 of Schedule 2 to that Act                   22 December 1999
11.  Schedule 6, item 4                                                           Immediately after the time specified in the A New Tax System (Tax Administration) Act (No. 2) 2000 for the commencement of item 8A of Schedule 2 to that Act              1 July 2000
12.  Schedule 6, item 5                                                           Immediately after the commencement of item 3 of Schedule 8 to the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 2) 2000                                                                1 July 1998
13.  Schedule 6, item 6                                                           Immediately after the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Taxation Laws Amendment (Self Assessment) Act 1992                                                                30 June 1992
14. Schedule 6, items 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13                                  The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent                                                                                                                       14 October 2003
15.  Schedule 6, item 14                                                          Immediately after the commencement of items 12 and 13 of Schedule 6 to this Act                                                                                           14 October 2003
16.  Schedule 6, items 15 and 16                                                  The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent                                                                                                                       14 October 2003
17.  Schedule 6, item 17                                                          Immediately after the commencement of section 43‑240 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997                                                                                1 July 1997
18.  Schedule 6, items 18 and 19                                                  Immediately after the commencement of item 11 of Schedule 1 to the Tax Law Improvement Act 1997                                                                           1 July 1997
19.  Schedule 6, item 20                                                          Immediately after the commencement of item 22 of Schedule 4 to the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 7) 2000                                                               21 December 2000
20.  Schedule 6, item 21                                                          Immediately after the commencement of item 23 of Schedule 4 to the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 7) 2000                                                               21 December 2000
21.  Schedule 6, items 22, 23, 24 and 25                                          The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent                                                                                                                       14 October 2003
22.  Schedule 6, item 26                                                          Immediately after the commencement of item 1 of Schedule 1 to the New Business Tax System (Capital Gains Tax) Act 1999                                                    10 December 1999
23.  Schedule 6, item 27                                                          The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent                                                                                                                       14 October 2003
24.  Schedule 6, item 28                                                          Immediately after the commencement of item 27 of Schedule 6 to this Act                                                                                                   14 October 2003
25.  Schedule 6, item 29                                                          Immediately after the commencement of item 15 of Schedule 1 to the New Business Tax System (Miscellaneous) Act (No. 2) 2000                                               30 June 2000
26.  Schedule 6, item 30                                                          The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent                                                                                                                       14 October 2003
27.  Schedule 6, item 31                                                          Immediately after the time specified in the Superannuation Legislation Amendment Act (No. 3) 1999 for the commencement of item 34 of Schedule 2 to that Act               8 October 1999
28.  Schedule 6, item 32                                                          Immediately after the commencement of item 10 of Schedule 6 to the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Legislation Amendment Act 1999                           10 December 1999
29.  Schedule 6, item 33                                                          Immediately after the commencement of item 93 of Schedule 2 to the A New Tax System (Tax Administration) Act (No. 2) 2000                                                 1 July 2000
30.  Schedule 6, item 34                                                          The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent                                                                                                                       14 October 2003
31.  Schedule 6, item 35                                                          Immediately after the commencement of item 34 of Schedule 6 to this Act                                                                                                   14 October 2003
32.  Schedule 6, items 36 and 37                                                  Immediately after the time specified in the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 3) 1999 for the commencement of items 84 and 85 of Schedule 1 to that Act                    1 July 1999
33.  Schedule 6, item 38                                                          Immediately after the time specified in the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 3) 1999 for the commencement of item 342 of Schedule 1 to that Act                           1 July 1999
34.  Schedule 6, item 39                                                          Immediately after the time specified in the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 4) 1997 for the commencement of item 9 of Schedule 5 to that Act                             21 November 1997
35.  Schedule 6, item 40                                                          Immediately after the time specified in the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 4) 2000 for the commencement of item 2 of Schedule 4 to that Act                             5 September 2000
36.  Schedule 6, item 41                                                          Immediately after the time specified in the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 4) 2000 for the commencement of item 63 of Schedule 4 to that Act                            5 September 2000
37.  Schedule 6, item 42                                                          Immediately after the commencement of item 71 of Schedule 4 to the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 4) 2000                                                               5 September 2000
38.  Schedule 6, item 43                                                          Immediately after the time specified in the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 7) 2000 for the commencement of item 30 of Schedule 4 to that Act                            21 December 2000
39.  Schedule 6, item 44                                                          Immediately after the time specified in the Tax Law Improvement Act (No. 1) 1998 for the commencement of item 94 of Schedule 2 to that Act                                22 June 1998
40.  Schedule 6, item 45                                                          Immediately after the time specified in the Tax Law Improvement Act (No. 1) 1998 for the commencement of item 11 of Schedule 6 to that Act                                22 June 1998
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally passed by the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.
 (2) Column 3 of the table is for additional information that is not part of this Act. This information may be included in any published version of this Act.
3  Schedule(s)
  Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
5  No tax consequences result from AGL's corporate conversion etc.
 (1) The object of this section is to ensure that no taxation consequences (other than those arising under subsections (9) and (10)) arise in relation to any person as a result of:
 (a) AGL's corporate conversion; or
 (b) AGL's registration; or
 (c) the operation of any provision of the Conversion Act; or
 (d) any action taken under any provision of the Conversion Act.
 (2) In resolving any ambiguity as to the meaning of this section, an interpretation that is consistent with the object of this section is to be preferred to an interpretation that is not consistent with that object.
 (3) This section only has effect for the purposes of any Commonwealth laws relating to taxation, including, but not limited to:
 (a) the income tax law; and
 (b) the GST law; and
 (c) the fringe benefits tax law; and
 (d) the A New Tax System (Australian Business Number) Act 1999; and
 (e) the Taxation Administration Act 1953; and
 (f) the International Tax Agreements Act 1953; and
 (g) the Taxation (Interest on Overpayments and Early Payments) Act 1983; and
 (h) the Superannuation Guarantee (Administration) Act 1992; and
 (i) the Superannuation Guarantee Charge Act 1992.
 (4) AGL, corporatised AGL and registered AGL are taken to be, and to have always been, the same company and the same entity.
 (5) Subsections (6) to (8) do not limit, by implication, any other effects of this section.
 (6) No taxation consequences (other than those arising under subsections (9) and (10)) are taken to have arisen in relation to any person as a result of:
 (a) AGL's corporate conversion; or
 (b) AGL's registration; or
 (c) the operation of any provision of the Conversion Act; or
 (d) any action taken under any provision of the Conversion Act.
 (7) The legal and beneficial ownership of:
 (a) shares in AGL; and
 (b) interests in shares in AGL;
are taken not to have altered as a result of AGL's corporate conversion or AGL's registration. However, this subsection does not imply that those shares are not shares in corporatised AGL or registered AGL.
 (8) Anything done by or to:
 (a) AGL's Secretary; or
 (b) the estate of AGL's Secretary; or
 (c) a replacement trustee in respect of the trust created by subclause 4(1)(c) of Schedule 3 to the Conversion Act;
as a result of the operation of clause 4 of Schedule 3 to the Conversion Act is taken to have been done by or to corporatised AGL or registered AGL, as the case may be.
 (9) Despite any other provision of this section:
 (a) the item 9 of Schedule 2 to the Taxation Laws Amendment (Company Law Review) Act 1998 that was included in that Act as originally enacted; and
 (b) the item of Schedule 2 to the Taxation Laws Amendment (Company Law Review) Act 1998 that was inserted in that Act by item 7 of Schedule 1 to the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 7) 1999;
apply to AGL as if the reference in each of those items of Schedule 2 to the Taxation Laws Amendment (Company Law Review) Act 1998 to "Schedule 5 to the Company Law Review Act 1998" were a reference to "Schedule 4 to the Conversion Act".
Note: Item 7 of Schedule 1 to the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 7) 1999 inserted a second item 9 of Schedule 2 to the Taxation Laws Amendment (Company Law Review) Act 1998 into that Act.
 (10) Despite any other provision of this section, any Commonwealth law that:
 (a) relates to taxation; and
 (b) has a substantially similar effect to an item of Schedule 2 to the Taxation Laws Amendment (Company Law Review) Act 1998 mentioned in paragraph (9)(a) or (9)(b); and
 (c) commences after the commencement of this section;
is taken to be modified in such a way as to enable it to apply to AGL and to apply to AGL in that modified form.
 (11) In this section:
AGL has the same meaning as in the Conversion Act.
AGL's corporate conversion means AGL being constituted as a body corporate under the Conversion Act.
AGL's registration means corporatised AGL's registration as a public company limited by shares under Part 5B.1 of the Corporations Act 2001 in accordance with the Conversion Act.
AGL's Secretary means a person who was the Secretary of AGL under AGL's constitution immediately before AGL's corporate conversion.
Conversion Act means the AGL Corporate Conversion Act 2002 of New South Wales.
corporatised AGL has the same meaning as in the Conversion Act.
registered AGL has the same meaning as in the Conversion Act.
taxation means any taxation imposed under a Commonwealth law.
 (12) Other expressions mean the same in this section as in the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.
Schedule 1—Income tax deductions for gifts
Part 1—Amendments
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
1  Subsection 78(4) (item 4.2.7 of table 4)
After "the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Victoria)", insert "Inc.".
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
2  Subsection 30‑25(2) (at the end of the table)
Add:
2.2.26  Aboriginal Education Council (N.S.W.) Incorporated  the gift must be made after 6 May 2002
2.2.27  General Sir John Monash Foundation                  the gift must be made after 16 June 2002
3  Subsection 30‑45(2) (table item 4.2.7)
After "(Victoria)", insert "Inc.".
4  Subsection 30‑50(2) (at the end of the table)
Add:
5.2.19  Mount Macedon Memorial Cross Trust                                the gift must be made after 14 August 2002 and before 15 August 2004
5.2.20  The Manly Warringah War Memorial Regional Park Remembrance Trust  the gift must be made after 7 April 2002 and before 8 April 2004
5.2.21  Shrine of Remembrance Foundation                                  the gift must be made after 2 July 2002 and before 3 July 2004
5  Subsection 30‑70(2) (table item 8.2.1)
Omit "none", substitute "the gift must be made before 1 August 2001".
6  Subsection 30‑70(2) (at the end of the table)
Add:
8.2.3  Australian Breastfeeding Association  the gift must be made after 31 July 2001
7  Subsection 30‑80(2) (table item 9.2.10)
Omit "2002", substitute "2007".
8  Section 30‑105 (table item 13.2.1)
Omit "2002", substitute "2004".
9  Section 30‑105 (at the end of the table)
Add:
13.2.4  Australian Council for Children and Youth Organisations Inc.  the gift must be made after 23 July 2002
13.2.5  St Paul's Cathedral Restoration Fund                          the gift must be made after 22 April 2002 and before 23 April 2004
10  Subsection 30‑315(2) (after table item 1A)
Insert:
1AA  Aboriginal Education Council (N.S.W.) Incorporated  item 2.2.26
11  Subsection 30‑315(2) (after table item 17)
Insert:
17AAA  Australian Breastfeeding Association  item 8.2.3
12  Subsection 30‑315(2) (after table item 20)
Insert:
20AA  Australian Council for Children and Youth Organisations Inc.  item 13.2.4
13  Subsection 30‑315(2) (table items 28AA and 28AB)
Repeal the items, substitute:
28AA  Bradman Memorial Fund            item 10.2.7
28A   Breast Cancer Network Australia  item 1.2.15
14  Subsection 30‑315(2) (table items 45, 45A, 45A)
Repeal the items, substitute:
44A  Diseases—charitable institutions whose principal activity is to promote the prevention or the control of diseases in human beings   item 1.1.6
45   Diseases—institutions researching causes, prevention or cure                                                                        items 1.1.4 and 1.1.5
45A  Dymocks Literacy Foundation Limited                                                                                                 item 2.2.21
15  Subsection 30‑315(2) (after table item 51)
Insert:
51A  General Sir John Monash Foundation  item 2.2.27
16  Subsection 30‑315(2) (after table item 68)
Insert:
68A  Manly Warringah War Memorial Regional Park Remembrance Trust  item 5.2.20
17  Subsection 30‑315(2) (after table item 72B)
Insert:
72BB  Mount Macedon Memorial Cross Trust  item 5.2.19
18  Subsection 30‑315(2) (after table item 110)
Insert:
110AA  Shrine of Remembrance Foundation  item 5.2.21
19  Subsection 30‑315(2) (after table item 112B)
Insert:
112BA  St Paul's Cathedral Restoration Fund  item 13.2.5
20  Subsection 30‑315(2) (table items 117 and 118)
Repeal the items, substitute:
117  Trusts—ancillary      item 2 of the table in section 30‑15
118  Trusts—philanthropic  section 30‑95
Part 2—Application of amendments
21  Application
The amendment made by item 1 applies to gifts made after 8 January 1992 and before 1 July 1997.
22  Application
The amendment made by item 2 applies to gifts made after 30 June 1997.
Schedule 2—Employee share schemes
Part 1—Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
1  At the end of subsection 104‑75(6)
Add:
Note: There is also an exception for employee share trusts: see section 130‑90.
2  Section 109‑55 (table item 12)
Repeal the table item.
3  Section 109‑55 (before table item 13)
Insert:
12  You acquire a share or right under an employee share scheme from an employee share trust  at the time you first acquired a beneficial interest in the share or right  section 115‑30
4  Section 112‑75
After "130‑80", insert "130‑83".
5  Subsection 115‑30(1) (at the end of the table)
Add:
8  A *CGT asset that is a *share or right where:                                                                                                                       When the acquirer first acquired a beneficial interest in the share or right
   (a) the share or right was *acquired under an *employee share scheme; and
   (b) the share or right was acquired from an *employee share trust; and
   (c) if the share is a *qualifying share or the right is a *qualifying right—the acquirer made an election under section 139E of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
6  At the end of section 130‑80
Add:
 (3) However, if:
 (a) the *share or right was *acquired from an *employee share trust; and
 (b) if the share is a *qualifying share or the right is a *qualifying right—the acquirer made an election under section 139E of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936;
the first element of the *cost base and *reduced cost base of the share or right is its market value (worked out under sections 139FA to 139FF of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936) when you first acquired a beneficial interest in the share or right.
Note: Section 130‑80 of the Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 may affect the cost base or reduced cost base for shares or rights held by a trust at 5 pm (by legal time in the Australian Capital Territory) on 27 February 2001.
7  Subsection 130‑83(2)
After "A1,", insert "C2,"
8  Subsection 130‑83(2)
Omit "disposal", substitute "event".
9  At the end of section 130‑85
Add:
 (3) However, if:
 (a) the *share or right was *acquired from an employee share trust; and
 (b) if the share is a *qualifying share or the right is a *qualifying right—the acquirer made an election under section 139E of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936;
the first element of the *cost base and *reduced cost base of the share or right is its market value (worked out under sections 139FA to 139FF of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936) when you first acquired a beneficial interest in the share or right.
Note: Section 130‑80 of the Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997 may affect the cost base or reduced cost base for shares or rights held by a trust at 5 pm (by legal time in the Australian Capital Territory) on 27 February 2001.
10  Subsection 130‑90(1)
Omit "a trustee makes when a beneficiary", substitute "a trustee or a beneficiary makes when the beneficiary".
11  Subsection 995‑1(1)
Insert:
employee share trust means a trust of the kind mentioned in subsection 139C(5) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.
12  Application
(1) The amendments made by items 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10 and 11 apply to assessments for the 1998‑99 income year and later income years.
(2) The amendments made by items 3 and 5 apply to shares or rights where the beneficial interest in the share or right was acquired after 5 pm (by legal time in the Australian Capital Territory) on 27 February 2001.
(3) The amendments made by items 6 and 9 apply to shares or rights acquired (within the meaning of Division 13A of Part III of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936) by you after 5 pm (by legal time in the Australian Capital Territory) on 27 February 2001. Those amendments also apply to shares or rights acquired by you at or before that time if you choose that the amendments apply.
(4) A share or right that, under section 139DQ of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936, is treated as if it were a continuation of another share or right for the purposes of Division 13A of Part III of that Act:
 (a) is treated in the same way for the purposes of subitem (3) of this item; and
 (b) is taken, for the purposes of that subitem, to have been acquired at the time of the last acquisition of the share or right that was not treated as such a continuation for the purposes of that Division.
Part 2—Income Tax (Transitional Provisions) Act 1997
13  After Subdivision 130‑C
Insert:
Subdivision 130‑DA—Employee share schemes
130‑80  Extension of trust holding period
 (1) This section applies if:
 (a) a share or right is held by an employee share trust at 5 pm (by legal time in the Australian Capital Territory) on 27 February 2001; and
 (b) at the time that the share or right was acquired by the employee share trust it was possible to determine that the share or right would be acquired from the trust by another entity at a particular time or on the occurrence of a particular event; and
 (c) the share or right is acquired by that other entity after that time or the occurrence of that event.
 (2) If this section applies, the first element of the cost base and reduced cost base of the share or right is its market value (worked out under sections 139FA to 139FF of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936) at the particular time, or on the occurrence of the particular event, referred to in paragraph (1)(b).
14  Subsection 130‑95(1)
Omit "Subdivision 130‑D of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997", substitute "This Subdivision".
Note: The heading to section 130‑95 is altered by omitting "Division" and substituting "Subdivision".
15  Subsection 130‑95(2)
Omit "Subdivision 130‑D of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997", substitute "this Subdivision".
16  Application
The amendments made by items 14 and 15 apply to assessments for the 1998‑99 income year and later income years.
Part 3—Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986
17  Subsection 136(1) (paragraph (hb) of the definition of fringe benefit)
After "employees", insert ", or associates of employees,".
18  Application
The amendment made by this Part applies in respect of the FBT year beginning on 1 April 1995 and in respect of all later FBT years.
Schedule 3—Franking of distributions by co‑operatives
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
1  At the end of section 120
Add:
 (4) No deduction is allowable under subsection (1) to the extent that the assessable income of a co‑operative company is distributed as the franked part of a franked distribution.
 (5) For the purposes of this section, in determining whether the assessable income of a co‑operative company is distributed as the franked part of a franked distribution, if:
 (a) an amount is distributed by the co‑operative company as a franked distribution; and
 (b) the franking percentage (within the meaning of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997) for the distribution is less than 100%; and
 (c) a part of the distribution is attributable to sources other than the assessable income of the co‑operative company;
it is to be assumed that the franked part of the distribution is attributable, to the greatest extent possible, to those other sources.
 (6) If a co‑operative company distributes assessable income among its shareholders within the period of 3 months (or such longer period as the Commissioner decides) starting at the end of a year of income, the co‑operative company may elect that the distribution is to be taken, for the purposes of this section only, to have been made on the last day of the year of income.
 (7) In this section:
franked distribution has the same meaning as in the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
2  After paragraph 200‑45(c)
Insert:
 (d) franking by co‑operative companies; and
3  Paragraph 202‑45(a)
Repeal the paragraph.
3A  Paragraph 202‑45(b)
Omit "that Act", substitute "the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936".
4  After Division 216
Insert:
Division 218—Application of imputation rules to co‑operative companies
218‑5  Application of imputation rules to co‑operative companies
 (1) The *imputation system applies to a *co‑operative company in the same way as it applies to any other company but with the modifications set out in this section.
 (2) Each reference to a *distribution is taken to include a reference to an amount distributed as mentioned in paragraph 120(1)(a) or (b) of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.
 (3) Despite subsection 202‑75(1) (about giving distribution statements), a *co‑operative company does not have to give the recipient of a *frankable distribution a *distribution statement unless the *franking percentage for the distribution is greater than zero.
5  Subsection 995‑1(1)
Insert:
co‑operative company has the same meaning as in Division 9 of Part III of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.
6  Application
The amendments made by this Schedule apply to distributions made on or after 1 July 2002.
Schedule 4—Reasonable benefit limits
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
1  After subsection 140ZQ(1)
Insert:
When rebatable proportion is the same as another pension or annuity
 (1A) Despite paragraph (1)(a), if a rebatable superannuation pension or a rebatable ETP annuity:
 (a) is payable to a person as the result of the death of another person; and
 (b) is a reversion of another pension or annuity that was already payable to the other person;
the rebatable proportion of the pension or annuity is the same as the rebatable proportion of the other pension or annuity.
2  Application
The amendment made by this Schedule applies, and is taken to have applied, in relation to the 1999‑2000 income year and later income years.
Schedule 5—Petroleum resource rent tax
Petroleum Resource Rent Tax Assessment Act 1987
1  Section 2
Insert:
external petroleum, in relation to a petroleum project, means petroleum, or constituents of petroleum, recovered from an area or areas other than the production licence area or production licence areas in relation to the project.
4  Section 2 (at the end of the definition of petroleum project or project)
Add ", and includes the extended meaning given by subsection 19(2B)".
5  Section 2
Insert:
processing of external petroleum, in relation to a petroleum project, includes the stabilisation, transportation, storage or recovery of external petroleum in relation to the project.
7  After subsection 19(2A)
Insert:
 (2B) For the purposes of this Act, there shall be taken to be included, as part of any petroleum project within the meaning of subsection (1) or (2), the carrying on of any processing of external petroleum wholly or partly using the operations, facilities and other things comprising the project:
 (a) in the case of an eligible production licence referred to in subsection (1)—while that licence is in force; or
 (b) in the case of 2 or more eligible production licences referred to in subsection (2)—while any of those licences are in force.
Note: Under subsection (4), the operations, facilities and other things comprising the project are limited to those used in relation to petroleum recovered from the one or more production licence areas in relation to the project.
8  After paragraph 23(1)(a)
Insert:
 (aa) assessable tolling receipts;
9  Paragraph 24(1)(a)
Omit "petroleum, or a constituent of petroleum, recovered from the production licence area or areas in relation to the project", substitute "petroleum from the project".
10  Paragraphs 24(1)(b), (c), (d) and (e)
Omit "recovered from the area or areas to which paragraph (a) applies", substitute "from the project".
11  Subsection 24(2)
Insert:
petroleum from the project means any petroleum or a constituent of petroleum:
 (a) that is recovered from the production licence area or areas in relation to the petroleum project in question; or
 (b) that is external petroleum in relation to the project.
12  After section 24
Insert:
24A  Assessable tolling receipts
  For the purposes of this Act, a reference to assessable tolling receipts derived by a person in relation to a petroleum project is a reference to the consideration receivable by the person in relation to the processing of external petroleum in relation to the project.
14  Subsection 37(1)
Omit "in carrying on or providing".
15  Paragraph 37(1)(a)
Before "operations and", insert "in carrying on or providing".
16  Paragraph 37(1)(b)
Before "such of the following", insert "in carrying on or providing".
17  After paragraph 37(1)(b)
Insert:
 and (c) in procuring another person to stabilise, transport, store, recover or process petroleum recovered from the eligible exploration or recovery area (other than any production licence area) in relation to the project, if that stabilisation, transportation, storage, recovery or processing constitutes the processing of external petroleum in relation to another petroleum project;
18  After paragraph 38(b)
Insert:
 and (c) in purchasing, as part of the project, external petroleum in relation to the project; and
 (d) in procuring another person to stabilise, transport, store, recover or process petroleum recovered from the production licence area or areas in relation to the project, if that stabilisation, transportation, storage, recovery or processing constitutes the processing of external petroleum in relation to another petroleum project;
19  At the end of section 38
Add:
 (2) To avoid doubt, carrying on or providing the operations, facilities and other things comprising the project referred to in paragraph (1)(b) includes carrying on or providing the operations, facilities and other things in relation to the processing of external petroleum in relation to the project.
21  At the end of section 41
Add:
 (2) This section does not apply if the other person carries on or provides the operations, facilities or other things as part of the processing of external petroleum in relation to a petroleum project other than the project to which the operations, facilities or other things referred to in subsection (1) relate.
Schedule 6—Technical amendments
A New Tax System (Family Assistance and Related Measures) Act 2000
1  Items 30 and 31 of Schedule 4
Repeal the items.
Note: This item repeals items that relate to an amendment of a provision that does not exist.
A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999
2  Section 195‑1 (definition of in existence)
Omit "995‑100", substitute "995‑1".
Note: This item fixes an incorrect cross‑reference.
A New Tax System (Pay As You Go) Act 1999
3  Items 44 and 45 of Schedule 2
Repeal the items.
Note: This item repeals items that contain amendments that had already been made.
A New Tax System (Tax Administration) Act (No. 2) 2000
4  Item 8A of Schedule 2
Repeal the item.
Note: This item repeals an item that amends a provision that does not exist.
Income Tax Assessment Act 1936
5  Paragraph 6BA(5)(c)
Omit "applies", substitute "apply".
6  Subsection 124ZAE(2)
Omit "124AFA", substitute "124ZAFA".
Note: This item fixes an incorrect cross‑reference.
7  Subsection 159J(6) (paragraph (aac) of the definition of separate net income) (the paragraph (aac) inserted by item 322 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Legislation Amendment (Parenting and Other Measures) Act 1997 (as amended by item 8 of Schedule 3 to the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 3) 1999))
Reletter as paragraph (aad).
8  Subdivision CA of Division 2 of Part IIIAA (the Subdivision CA inserted by item 75 of Schedule 3 to the New Business Tax System (Miscellaneous) Act (No. 2) 2000)
Reletter as Subdivision CB.
9  Subdivision CB of Division 2 of Part IIIAA
Reletter as Subdivision CC.
10  Section 160AQCO
Renumber as section 160AQCNCK.
11  Subsection 160AQZF(6) (the subsection (6) inserted by item 7 of Schedule 3 to the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 2) 2000)
Renumber as subsection (7).
12  Subsection 160ARDM(3) (the subsection (3) inserted by item 4 of Schedule 1 to the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 7) 1999)
Renumber as subsection (5).
13  Subsection 160ARDM(4) (the subsection (4) inserted by item 4 of Schedule 1 to the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 7) 1999)
Renumber as subsection (6).
14  Subsection 160ARDM(5)
Omit "subsection (4)", substitute "subsection (6)".
15  Subsection 221YHZD(1AAA) (the subsection (1AAA) inserted by item 39 of Schedule 2 to the A New Tax System (Tax Administration) Act 1999)
Renumber as subsection (1ABA).
Income Tax Assessment Act 1997
16  Subsection 25‑35 (table item 4) (the item 4 inserted by item 27 of Schedule 1 to the Taxation Laws Amendment (Trust Loss and Other Deductions) Act 1998)
Renumber as item 5.
17  Section 43‑240 (step 2)
Omit "amount".
18  Section 52‑60
After "work", insert "out".
19  Section 52‑75 (table item 7)
Omit "Division 3", substitute "Division 4".
Note: This item fixes an incorrect cross‑reference.
20  Subsection 104‑185(1) (note 2)
Omit "CGT event J1", substitute "CGT event J2".
Note: This item fixes an incorrect cross‑reference.
21  Subsection 104‑190(1) (note)
Omit "CGT event J2", substitute "CGT event J3".
Note: This item fixes an incorrect cross‑reference.
22  Subsection 110‑25(9) (the subsection (9) inserted by item 75 of Schedule 2 to the New Business Tax System (Miscellaneous) Act (No. 2) 2000)
Renumber as subsection (11).
23  Section 112‑97 (table item 12A) (the item 12A inserted by item 1 of Schedule 1 to the New Business Tax System (Miscellaneous) Act (No. 2) 2000)
Renumber as item 12B.
24  Section 118‑65 (the section 118‑65 inserted by item 44 of Schedule 4 to the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 7) 2000)
Renumber as section 118‑70.
25  Subsection 124‑783(3) (heading in the form "Certain companies and trusts not required to trace interests")
Repeal the heading.
26  Subsection 152‑40(3) (example)
Omit "Example", substitute "Note".
27  Paragraph 165‑75(2)(b) (the paragraph (2)(b) inserted by item 7 of Schedule 11 to the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 1) 1998)
Reletter as paragraph (2)(d).
28  Paragraph 165‑75(2)(d)
Omit "period;", substitute "period.".
29  Subsection 165‑115C(1) (note 4)
Omit "subsection 166‑115A(2A)", substitute "subsection 165‑115A(2A)".
Note: This item fixes an incorrect cross‑reference.
30  Subsection 995‑1(1) (definition of taxable importation) (the definition inserted by item 15 of Schedule 5 to the A New Tax System (Tax Administration) Act (No. 2) 2000)
Repeal the definition.
Note: This item repeals one of 2 identical definitions.
Superannuation Legislation Amendment Act (No. 3) 1999
31  Item 34 of Schedule 2
Repeal the item.
Note: This item repeals an item that amends a provision that does not exist.
Taxation Administration Act 1953
32  Paragraph 3EC(2)(a)
Omit "or ASIO", substitute "of ASIO".
33  Section 16‑195 in Schedule 1 (note)
Omit "a administrative", substitute "an administrative".
34  Subsection 250‑10(2) in Schedule 1 (table items 22 and 23) (the items 22 and 23 inserted by item 1 of Schedule 2 to the Diesel and Alternative Fuels Grants Scheme Amendment Act 2000)
Repeal the items.
35  Subsection 250‑10(2) in Schedule 1 (after table item 22)
Insert:
22A  amount of advance to be repaid                       14A  Diesel and Alternative Fuels Grants Scheme Act 1999
22B  amount payable as a result of an amended assessment  15E  Diesel and Alternative Fuels Grants Scheme Act 1999
Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 3) 1999
36  Item 84 of Schedule 1 (heading)
Omit "214A(e)", substitute "214A(2)(e)".
37  Item 85 of Schedule 1 (heading)
After "Paragraphs", insert "214A(2)".
38  Item 342 of Schedule 1
Repeal the item.
Note: This item repeals an item that amends a provision that does not exist.
Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 4) 1997
39  Item 9 of Schedule 5
Repeal the item.
Note: This item repeals an item that omits words that do not exist in the relevant provision.
Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 4) 2000
40  Item 2 of Schedule 4
Repeal the item.
Note: This item repeals an item that omits words that do not exist in the relevant provision.
41  Item 63 of Schedule 4
Repeal the item.
Note: This item repeals an item that omits words that do not exist in the relevant provision.
42  Item 71 of Schedule 4 (table items 10 and 11)
Repeal the items.
Note: This item repeals 2 table items that omit words that do not exist in the relevant provision.
Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 7) 2000
43  Item 30 of Schedule 4
Repeal the item.
Note: This item repeals an item that contains an amendment that had already been made.
Tax Law Improvement Act (No. 1) 1998
44  Item 94 of Schedule 2
Repeal the item.
Note: This item repeals an item that amends a provision that does not exist.
45  Item 11 of Schedule 6
Repeal the item.
Note: This item repeals an item that omits words from a provision and inserts the identical words into the provision.
Notes to the Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 3) 2003
Note 1
The Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 3) 2003 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 101, 2003 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
For all relevant information pertaining to application, saving or transitional provisions see Table A.
Table of Acts
Act                                                                     Number     Date          Date of commencement                     Application, saving or transitional provisions
                                                                        and year   of Assent
Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 3) 2003                                101, 2003  14 Oct 2003   See s. 2(1)
Taxation Laws Amendment Act (No. 6) 2003                                67, 2003   30 June 2003  Schedule 10 (items 13–16): 14 Oct 2003   —
Tax Laws Amendment (Loss Recoupment Rules and Other Measures) Act 2005  147, 2005  14 Dec 2005   Schedule 5 (items 19, 20): Royal Assent  Sch. 5 (item 20)
Tax Laws Amendment (2010 Measures No. 2) Act 2010                       75, 2010   28 June 2010  Schedule 6 (item 67): 29 June 2010       —
Table of Amendments
ad. = added or inserted     am. = amended     rep. = repealed     rs. = repealed and substituted
Provision affected                                                                                How affected
S. 2....................                                                                          am. No. 67, 2003
S. 4....................                                                                          rep. No. 75, 2010
Schedule 2
Item 12.................                                                                          am. No. 147, 2005
Schedule 3
Item 2..................                                                                          rs. No. 67, 2003
Heading to item 4..........                                                                       rs. No. 67, 2003
Item 4..................                                                                          am. No. 67, 2003
Table A
Application, saving or transitional provisions
Tax Laws Amendment (Loss Recoupment Rules and Other Measures) Act 2005 (No. 147, 2005)
Schedule 5
20  Application
(1) The amendments made by this Schedule apply, and are taken to have applied, to acquisitions of shares or rights on or after 1 July 2004.
(2) In this item:
acquisition, of a share or right:
 (a) in relation to the application of items 1 to 3, 15, 17 and 18 of this Schedule, has the same meaning as in section 26AAC of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936; or
 (b) in relation to the application of items 4 to 14, 16 and 19 of this Schedule, has the same meaning as in Division 13A of Part III of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.
        
      