Duties Act 1997
163BExemption—break-up of marriages and other relationships
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163B Exemption—break-up of marriages and other relationships
163B Exemption—break-up of marriages and other relationships
(1) An acquisition by a person of an interest in a landholder is an exempt acquisition—
(a) if the interest was acquired by the parties to a marriage that is dissolved or annulled, or in the opinion of the Chief Commissioner has broken down irretrievably, or by either of them, or by a child or children of either of them or a trustee of such a child or children, as a result of a transfer made in accordance with—
(i) a financial agreement made under section 90B, 90C or 90D of the Family Law Act 1975 of the Commonwealth that, under that Act, is binding on the parties to the agreement, or
(ii) an order of a court made under that Act, or
(iii) an agreement that the Chief Commissioner is satisfied has been made for the purpose of dividing matrimonial property as a consequence of the dissolution, annulment or breakdown of the marriage, or
(b) if the interest was acquired by the parties to a de facto relationship that has, in the opinion of the Chief Commissioner, broken down irretrievably, or by either of them, or by a child or children of either of them or a trustee of such a child or children, as a result of a transfer made in accordance with—
(i) a financial agreement made under section 90UB, 90UC or 90UD of the Family Law Act 1975 of the Commonwealth that, under that Act, is binding on the parties to the agreement, or
(ii) an order of a court made under that Act, or
(iii) an agreement that the Chief Commissioner is satisfied has been made for the purpose of dividing relationship property as a consequence of the breakdown of the relationship, or
(c) if the interest was acquired by the parties to a domestic relationship that has, in the opinion of the Chief Commissioner, been terminated, or by either of them, or by a child or children of either of them or a trustee of such a child or children, as a result of a transfer made in accordance with—
(i) an order of a court made under the Property (Relationships) Act 1984, or