sec.551Application of amendments about concession for transfer duty or mortgage duty for first home

### sec.551 Application of amendments about concession for transfer duty or mortgage duty for first home Chapter 2, part 9, division 3 and chapter 5, part 6, division 2 as in force on 1 May 2004 apply to dutiable transactions and mortgages only if liability for transfer duty or mortgage duty arises on or after 1 May 2004. However, chapter 2, part 9, division 3, as in force immediately before 1 May 2004, applies to a dutiable transaction that is the transfer, or agreement for the transfer, of residential land made on or after 1 May 2004 if— the transfer or agreement replaces a transfer, or an agreement for the transfer, that included the residential land and was made before 1 May 2004; or the transferee had an option to purchase the residential land, or the transferor had an option to require the transferee to purchase the residential land, granted before 1 May 2004 and exercised on or after 1 May 2004; or another arrangement was made before 1 May 2004 the sole or main purpose of which was to defer the making of the transfer or agreement until 1 May 2004 or later so the concession for transfer duty under the division, as in force on or after 1 May 2004, would apply in relation to the dutiable transaction. s 551 ins 2004 No. 2 s 11 (sec.551-ssec.1) Chapter 2, part 9, division 3 and chapter 5, part 6, division 2 as in force on 1 May 2004 apply to dutiable transactions and mortgages only if liability for transfer duty or mortgage duty arises on or after 1 May 2004. (sec.551-ssec.2) However, chapter 2, part 9, division 3, as in force immediately before 1 May 2004, applies to a dutiable transaction that is the transfer, or agreement for the transfer, of residential land made on or after 1 May 2004 if— the transfer or agreement replaces a transfer, or an agreement for the transfer, that included the residential land and was made before 1 May 2004; or the transferee had an option to purchase the residential land, or the transferor had an option to require the transferee to purchase the residential land, granted before 1 May 2004 and exercised on or after 1 May 2004; or another arrangement was made before 1 May 2004 the sole or main purpose of which was to defer the making of the transfer or agreement until 1 May 2004 or later so the concession for transfer duty under the division, as in force on or after 1 May 2004, would apply in relation to the dutiable transaction. - (a) the transfer or agreement replaces a transfer, or an agreement for the transfer, that included the residential land and was made before 1 May 2004; or - (b) the transferee had an option to purchase the residential land, or the transferor had an option to require the transferee to purchase the residential land, granted before 1 May 2004 and exercised on or after 1 May 2004; or - (c) another arrangement was made before 1 May 2004 the sole or main purpose of which was to defer the making of the transfer or agreement until 1 May 2004 or later so the concession for transfer duty under the division, as in force on or after 1 May 2004, would apply in relation to the dutiable transaction.