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Exemption from stamp duty and other State or Territory taxes

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Part 6Transitional provisions: other Commonwealth assets and liabilities

41 Exemption from stamp duty and other State or Territory taxes

(1)

No stamp duty or other tax is payable under a law of a State or a Territory in respect of an exempt matter, or anything connected with an exempt matter.

(2)

The Minister may certify in writing:

(a)

that a specified matter is an exempt matter; or

(b)

that a specified thing was done in connection with a specified exempt matter.

(3)

In all courts, and for all purposes (other than for the purposes of criminal proceedings), a certificate under subsection (2) is prima facie evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.

(4)

In this section:

exempt matter means any of the following:

(a)

the transfer of an asset under section 37;

(b)

the transfer of a liability under section 38;

(c)

the transfer of a right or liability under section 39;

(d)

the operation of this Part in any other respect.

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