National Wine Centre (Restructuring and Leasing Arrangements) Act 2002

No stamp duty is payable in respect of a lease or agreement under this Division.

No obligation arises under the Stamp Duties Act 1923 to lodge a statement or return, or to include information in a statement or return, relating to a transaction effected by a lease or an agreement under this Division.

Subsections (1) and (2) do not extend to any lease or agreement between a lessee, or a contracting party, and a third party (not being the Minister).

An authority required or authorised by a law of the State—

to register, record or note a lease or other instrument or transaction relating to land; or

to register, record or note transactions affecting assets or liabilities, or any instrument or document relating to such transactions, must, on application under this subsection, register, record or note, in an appropriate manner, a lease or transaction entered into or effected under this Division.

No fee is payable in respect of an application under subsection (4).

Nothing done under this Division—

constitutes a breach of, or default under, an Act or other law; or

constitutes a breach of, or default under, a contract, agreement, understanding or undertaking; or

constitutes a breach of a duty of confidence (whether arising by contract, in equity or by custom or in any other way); or

constitutes a civil or criminal wrong; or

terminates an agreement or obligation or fulfils any condition that allows a person to terminate an agreement or obligation, or gives rise to any other right or remedy; or

releases a surety or other obligee wholly or in part from an obligation.