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Duties Act 2001
sec.272What is a home and first home for div 2
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### sec.272 What is a home and first home for div 2
For this division—
a residence that is constructed is a person’s home or first home if it is the person’s home or first home under section 86 ; and
a residence that is to be constructed is a person’s home or first home if, when constructed, it will be the person’s home or first home under section 86 .
For subsection (1) , section 86 (2) (b) does not apply.
For subsection (1) (b) , section 86 applies as if the reference to a period of 1 year after the person’s transfer date for the residential land were a reference to a period of 2 years after the date the mortgage was first signed.
s 272 prev s 272 sub 2006 No. 44 s 45 ; 2011 No. 20 s 142
om 2012 No. 8 s 26
pres s 272 (prev s 272A) ins 2011 No. 20 s 142
amd 2012 No. 8 s 27 (1) – (4)
renum 2012 No. 8 s 27 (5)
(sec.272-ssec.1) For this division— a residence that is constructed is a person’s home or first home if it is the person’s home or first home under section 86 ; and a residence that is to be constructed is a person’s home or first home if, when constructed, it will be the person’s home or first home under section 86 .
(sec.272-ssec.2) For subsection (1) , section 86 (2) (b) does not apply.
(sec.272-ssec.3) For subsection (1) (b) , section 86 applies as if the reference to a period of 1 year after the person’s transfer date for the residential land were a reference to a period of 2 years after the date the mortgage was first signed.
- (a) a residence that is constructed is a person’s home or first home if it is the person’s home or first home under section 86 ; and
- (b) a residence that is to be constructed is a person’s home or first home if, when constructed, it will be the person’s home or first home under section 86 .