STATUTES AMENDMENT (DOMESTIC PARTNERS) ACT 2006 (NO 43 OF 2006) - SECT 201

STATUTES AMENDMENT (DOMESTIC PARTNERS) ACT 2006 (NO 43 OF 2006) - SECT 201

201—Amendment of section 71CB—Exemption from duty in respect of certain transfers between spouses etc or former spouses etc

        (1)         Section 71CB(1)—delete subsection (1) and substitute:

        (1)         In this section—

"shared residence" means—

            (a)         in relation to spouses or domestic partners—their principal place of residence of which both or either of them is owner;

            (b)         in relation to former spouses or domestic partners—their last principal place of residence of which both or either of them was owner,

but does not include premises that form part of industrial or commercial premises.

        (2)         Section 71CB(2)(a)(i)—delete "the matrimonial home" and substitute:

a shared residence

        (3)         Section 71CB(2)(a)—after "or former spouses" insert:

, or domestic partners or former domestic partners

        (4)         Section 71CB(2)(b)—after "or former spouse" insert:

, or domestic partner or former domestic partner,

        (5)         Section 71CB(3)—after "former spouses" insert:

or former domestic partners

        (6)         Section 71CB(3)—delete "de facto"

        (7)         Section 71CB(4)—delete "de facto" wherever occurring