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Register of Foreign Ownership of Water or Agricultural Land Act 2015

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Distinguished Terms in this instrument
Term(s) Definition Defined in Legislation See Section(s)
agricultural land

means land in Australia that is used, or that could reasonably be used, for a primary production business.

Note: The rules may provide that land is not agricultural land (see section 5).

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Register of Foreign Ownership of Water or Agricultural Land Act 2015 - 5 Rules may specify that land is not agricultural land
Australia

, when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.

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Australian water access entitlement

means a perpetual or ongoing entitlement, by or under a law of a State or Territory, to exclusive access to a share of the water resources of an area in the State or Territory.

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cease

to hold a freehold interest in, or right to occupy, agricultural land has a meaning affected by section 6.

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Register of Foreign Ownership of Water or Agricultural Land Act 2015 - 6 Starting and ceasing to hold freehold interests in, and rights to occupy, land
Commissioner

means the of Taxation.

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contract

includes a deed.

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contractual water right

of a person means a

contractual right that the person holds (alone or jointly) to all or part of another person’s:

(a) registrable water entitlement; or

(b) water allocation; or

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foreign person

means:

(a) a natural person not ordinarily resident in Australia;

(b) a corporation in which a natural person not ordinarily resident in Australia or a foreign corporation holds a controlling interest;

Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975 Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975 - 4 Dictionary of definitions
Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975 - 54 Change in control
freehold interest

of a person in land means a legal interest in an estate in fee simple in the land that the person holds (alone, as a tenant in common or as a joint tenant).

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land

includes a building or a part of a building.

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lease

includes a sub.

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Register

means the of Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land kept under section 13.

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Register of Foreign Ownership of Water or Agricultural Land Act 2015 - 13 Commissioner must keep this register
registrable water entitlement

has the meaning given by section 5A.

Register of Foreign Ownership of Water or Agricultural Land Act 2015 Register of Foreign Ownership of Water or Agricultural Land Act 2015 - 4 Definitions
Register of Foreign Ownership of Water or Agricultural Land Act 2015 - 5A Meaning of registrable water entitlement
registration trigger time

: the

in relation to a right held by a person to occupy land under a lease or licence is the latest of the following times:

(a) the time the person started to hold the right;

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rules

means made under section 35.

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Register of Foreign Ownership of Water or Agricultural Land Act 2015 - 35 Rules
start

to hold a freehold interest in, or right to occupy, land has a meaning affected by section 6.

Register of Foreign Ownership of Water or Agricultural Land Act 2015 Register of Foreign Ownership of Water or Agricultural Land Act 2015 - 4 Definitions
Register of Foreign Ownership of Water or Agricultural Land Act 2015 - 6 Starting and ceasing to hold freehold interests in, and rights to occupy, land
water allocation

means the specific volume of water allocated to an Australian water access entitlement in a given period.

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water resource

means:

(a) surface water or ground water; or

(b) a watercourse, lake, wetland or aquifer (whether or not it currently has water in it);

Water Act 2007 Water Act 2007 - 4 Definitions

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