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Duties Act 2000
45AHealth centres and services
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45A Health centres and services
(1) No duty is chargeable under this Chapter in respect of a transfer of dutiable property to, or a declaration of trust over dutiable property to be held on trust for—
(a) an ambulance service; or
S. 45A(1)(b) substituted by No. 79/2008 s. 16(1).
(b) a registered community health centre; or
(c) a denominational hospital; or
(d) a multi-purpose service; or
(e) a public health service; or
(f) a public hospital; or
S. 45A(1)(g) amended by Nos 26/2014 s. 455(Sch. item 9), 39/2022 s. 823.
(g) the Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health established by section 610 of the **Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022**.
(2) Nothing in this section limits the application of any other exemption from duty.
If a denominational hospital is also a body established for charitable purposes, the exemption under section 45 may still apply.
***ambulance service*** means an ambulance service created under section 23 of the **Ambulance Services Act 1986**;
S. 45A(3) def. of *community health centre* repealed by No. 79/2008 s. 16(2)(a).
***denominational hospital*** means a hospital listed in Schedule 2 to the **Health Services Act 1988**;
***multi-purpose service*** means—
(a) a body referred to in section 115V(2) of the **Health Services Act 1988**; or
(b) a body declared under Part 4A of that Act to be a multi purpose service;
***public health service*** means a public health service listed in Schedule 5 to the **Health Services Act 1988**;
S. 45A def. of *public hospital* amended by No. 79/2008 s. 16(2)(b).
***public hospital*** means a hospital listed in Schedule 1 to the **Health Services Act 1988**;
S. 45A def. of *registered community health centre* inserted by No. 79/2008 s. 16(2)(c).
***registered community health centre*** means a community health centre registered under Division 6 of Part 3 of the **Health Services Act 1988**.