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Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975
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#### 96 Contravening conditions in relation to residential land
Conditions in no objection notifications
(1) A person who is given a no objection notification under section 74 (no objection notification imposing conditions) relating to a residential land acquisition must not contravene a condition (except a condition mentioned in section 97) specified in the notification.
> Note: Examples of conditions that may be included in a no objection notification under section 74 are:
(a) a condition requiring a temporary resident to sell an established dwelling when the dwelling ceases to be the temporary resident’s principal place of residence; and
(b) a condition prohibiting a temporary resident from leasing an established dwelling; and
(c) a condition requiring a purchaser of vacant land to begin to build a dwelling before a particular time.
Conditions in notice imposing conditions
(1A) A person who is given a notice imposing conditions relating to a residential land acquisition must not contravene a condition (except a condition mentioned in section 97) specified in the notice.
Conditions in exemption certificates
(2) A person who is specified in an exemption certificate relating to an interest in residential land must not contravene a condition (other than a condition mentioned in section 97) specified in the certificate.
Civil penalty provisions
(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1), (1A) or (2) is liable to a civil penalty.
(4) The maximum penalty for the contravention is the greatest of the following:
(a) double the amount of the capital gain that was made or would be made on the disposal of the interest in the relevant residential land;
(b) 50% of the consideration for the acquisition of that interest;
(c) 50% of the market value of that interest.
> Note: For how to work out the capital gain, see section 98.