76Examples of relevant property transactions

#### 76 Examples of relevant property transactions 76 Examples of relevant property transactions (cf FPA 22 (4)) > > (1) The circumstances set out in subsection (2), subject to full valuable consideration not being given, constitute the basis of a relevant property transaction for the purposes of section 75. > > > (2) The circumstances are as follows— > > > > > (a) if a person is entitled to exercise a power to appoint, or dispose of, property that is not in the person’s estate and does not exercise that power before ceasing (because of death or the occurrence of any other event) to be entitled to do so, with the result that the property becomes held by another person (whether or not as trustee) or subject to a trust or another person (immediately or at some later time) becomes, or continues to be, entitled to exercise the power, > > > > > (b) if a person holds an interest in property as a joint tenant and the person does not sever that interest before ceasing (because of death or the occurrence of any other event) to be entitled to do so, with the result that, on the person’s death, the property becomes, by operation of the right of survivorship, held by another person (whether or not as trustee) or subject to a trust, > > > > > (c) if a person holds an interest in property in which another interest is held by another person (whether or not as trustee) or is subject to a trust, and the person is entitled to exercise a power to extinguish the other interest in the property and the power is not exercised before the person ceases (because of death or the occurrence of any other event) to be so entitled with the result that the other interest in the property continues to be so held or subject to the trust, > > > > > (d) if a person is entitled, in relation to a life assurance policy on the person’s life under which money is payable on the person’s death or if some other event occurs to a person other than the legal representative of the person’s estate, to exercise a power— > > > > > > > (i) to substitute a person or a trust for the person to whom, or trust subject to which, money is payable under the policy, or > > > > > > > (ii) to surrender or otherwise deal with the policy, > > > > > > and the person does not exercise that power before ceasing (because of death or the occurrence of any other event) to be entitled to do so, > > > > > (e) if a person who is a member of, or a participant in, a body (corporate or unincorporate), association, scheme, fund or plan, dies and property (immediately or at some later time) becomes held by another person (whether or not as trustee) or subject to a trust because of the person’s membership or participation and the person’s death or the occurrence of any other event, > > > > > (f) if a person enters into a contract disposing of property out of the person’s estate, whether or not the disposition is to take effect before, on or after the person’s death or under the person’s will or otherwise. > > > (3) Nothing in this section prevents any other act or omission from constituting the basis of a relevant property transaction for the purposes of section 75. > > > (4) For the purposes of this Chapter, in the circumstances described in subsection (2) (b), a person is not given full or any valuable consideration for not severing an interest in property held as a joint tenant merely because, by not severing that interest, the person retains, until his or her death, the benefit of the right of survivorship in respect of that property. > > **ch 3, pt 3.3, divs 1–3 (ss 74–90):** Ins 2008 No 75, Sch 1 \[10\].