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Duties Act 1997
157AHConsequences of disqualifying circumstance
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#### 157AH Consequences of disqualifying circumstance
157AH Consequences of disqualifying circumstance
> > (1) When a disqualifying circumstance occurs in relation to a unit trust scheme that is registered—
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> > > (a) the unit trust scheme is taken to have been a private unit trust scheme from the beginning of the relevant day, and
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> > > (b) the acquisition of a significant interest in the unit trust scheme made on or after the relevant day is a relevant acquisition, and
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> > > (c) the Chief Commissioner must make an assessment of duty chargeable under this Act as a result of the operation of paragraphs (a) and (b), and
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> > > (d) a tax default occurs for the purposes of the [Taxation Administration Act 1996](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1996-097) if the whole of any duty assessed under paragraph (c) is not paid within 30 days after the liability to pay the duty arises.
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> > (2) However, this section does not apply if the Chief Commissioner is satisfied that the application of this section to the scheme in the circumstances would not be just or reasonable.
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> > (3) In this section—
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> > relevant day, for a unit trust scheme that is registered, means—
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> > > (a) the day the disqualifying circumstance occurred, or
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> > > (b) the day on which registration of the scheme commenced if—
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> > > > (i) the scheme is an imminent wholesale unit trust scheme, and
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> > > > (ii) the disqualifying circumstance means the scheme will not be a wholesale unit trust scheme within 12 months after the day on which the first units in the scheme are issued to a qualified investor.
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> **s 157AH:** Ins 2023 No 26, Sch 1\[8\].