Duties Act 1999
86What is a relevant acquisition?—pt 3.2
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86 What is a relevant acquisition?—pt 3.2 (1) For this part, a person makes a relevant acquisition if— (a) the person acquires an interest in a landholder that— (i) is of itself a significant interest in the landholder; or (ii) when aggregated with other interests in the landholder held by the person or an associated person, results in an aggregation that amounts to a significant interest in the landholder; or (iii) when aggregated with other interests in the landholder acquired by the person or other people in an associated transaction, results in an aggregation that amounts to a significant interest in the landholder; or (b) the person or an associated person— (i) has an interest in a landholder mentioned in paragraph (a); and (ii) acquires a further interest in the landholder. Example—relevant acquisition—par (a) (ii) and (b) Jason and Tom are brothers. On 1 January 2021, Jason acquires a 20% interest in a landholder. On 1 October 2021, Tom acquires a 40% interest in the landholder. Tom makes a relevant acquisition under s 86 (1) (a) (ii) as, when aggregated with Jason’s earlier interest, the total interest in the landholder is 60%. On 1 June 2022, Jason acquires a further 20% interest in the landholder. Jason, as an associated person of Tom, makes a relevant acquisition under s 86 (1) (b).
associated transaction, in relation to the acquisition of an interest in a landholder by a person, means an acquisition of an interest in the landholder by another person in circumstances in which— (a) those people are acting in concert; or (b) the acquisitions form, are evidence of, give effect to or arise from substantially 1 arrangement, 1 transaction or 1 series of transactions.