Land Tax (Discretionary Trusts) Amendment Bill

Final Stages

The House of Assembly agreed to the bill with the amendments indicated by the following schedule, to which amendments the House of Assembly desires the concurrence of the Legislative Council:

Page 2, after line 8, insert new Clause No.3 as follows:

3—Amendment of section 13A—Land tax for discretionary trust if beneficiary notified to Commissioner

(1) Section 13A(1)—delete '30 June 2021' and substitute '31 December 2021'

(2) Section 13A(3)—after 'or for the' insert 'previous or'

Consideration in committee.

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS: I move:

That the House of Assembly's amendment be agreed to.

This is a procedural issue. Because this is a money bill, when this chamber agrees to an amendment to it, it takes the form of a suggested amendment. So we suggested the amendment, and the House of Assembly has agreed to our suggested amendment. Now that they have amended the bill, it comes back to us and we have to agree to their real amendment, as opposed to us suggesting an amendment. It is a procedural issue and it is the final stage in what we initiated whenever we last discussed the bill. It is as simple as that.

Motion carried.

At 17:14 the council adjourned until Thursday 10 June 2020 at 14:15.