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Duties Act 2001
sec.152Exemption—to correct clerical error in previous dutiable transaction
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### sec.152 Exemption—to correct clerical error in previous dutiable transaction
Transfer duty is not imposed on a dutiable transaction to correct a clerical error in a previous dutiable transaction about the same property if—
no additional consideration is paid or payable; and
the beneficial interests in the property change only to the extent necessary to correct the error.
an accidental misdescription of the property
an accidental misdescription of a party to the transaction
To remove any doubt, it is declared that an error by a party about the appropriateness of a transaction to achieve a particular intended legal result is not a clerical error in the transaction.
A dutiable transaction to which this section applies is a section 152 exempt transaction .
s 152 amd 2006 No. 44 s 13 ; 2013 No. 28 s 10
(sec.152-ssec.1) Transfer duty is not imposed on a dutiable transaction to correct a clerical error in a previous dutiable transaction about the same property if— no additional consideration is paid or payable; and the beneficial interests in the property change only to the extent necessary to correct the error. an accidental misdescription of the property an accidental misdescription of a party to the transaction
(sec.152-ssec.2) To remove any doubt, it is declared that an error by a party about the appropriateness of a transaction to achieve a particular intended legal result is not a clerical error in the transaction.
(sec.152-ssec.3) A dutiable transaction to which this section applies is a section 152 exempt transaction .
- (a) no additional consideration is paid or payable; and
- (b) the beneficial interests in the property change only to the extent necessary to correct the error.
- • an accidental misdescription of the property
- • an accidental misdescription of a party to the transaction