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Minerals Resource Rent Tax (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Act 2012
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(1) An entity (the original entity) must give another entity (the new entity) a notice if: (a) the original entity had a *mining project interest before a *mining project transfer or *mining project split, and the new entity has the interest, or part of the interest, after the transfer or split; or (b) the original entity *held a *pre‑mining project interest before a *pre‑mining project transfer or *pre‑mining project split, and the new entity holds the interest, or part of the interest, after the transfer or split. (2) The notice must contain: (a) the amount of each *allowance component relating to the new entity’s interest; and (b) the information the original entity has that is necessary for the new entity to work out, for the *MRRT year in which the transfer or split happens or for later MRRT years: (i) the *starting base losses for its interest; and (ii) the amounts that are included in the new entity’s *mining revenue or *pre‑mining revenue for its interest; and (iii) the amounts that are included in the new entity’s *mining expenditure or *pre‑mining expenditure for its interest; and (iv) the amount of a *rehabilitation tax offset for its interest; and (c) for a split—the new entity’s *split percentage for its interest; and (d) the information the original entity has that is necessary for the new entity to work out the new entity’s *instalment income for an *instalment quarter in the MRRT year in which the transfer or split happens. (3) The original entity must also give the new entity a notice containing information about a thing mentioned in section 120‑20, 125‑30, 145‑25 or 150‑30 of the Minerals Resource Rent Tax Act 2012 (events that happen after a transfer or split) in relation to the transfer or split. (4) The original entity must give the notice: (a) in writing, or in another form acceptable to the new entity; and (b) for a notice under subsection (1)—within 60 days of the *mining project transfer, *mining project split, *pre‑mining project transfer or *pre‑mining project split; and (c) for a notice under subsection (3)—within 60 days of the day on which the thing happens.
Note: Section 286‑75 provides an administrative penalty for a breach of this section. A breach of this section may also be an offence under section 8C, and making a false or misleading statement when providing the information may be an offence under section 8K or 8N.