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CHARITIES (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) ACT 2013 - SCHEDULE 2

Transitional provisions

Part   1 -- Dictionary

1   Dictionary

In this Schedule:

ACNC Act means the Australian Charities and Not - for - profits Commission Act 2012 .

approved form has the meaning given by the ACNC Act.

commencement day means the day on which this Schedule commences.

endorsed as a contributing fund means endorsed under Subdivision   50 - B of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 as exempt from income tax because of being covered by item   4.1 of the table in section   50 - 20 of that Act (Funds contributing to other funds).

Part   2 -- Registration

Division   1--Registered entities

2   Registration--o ld subtypes equivalent to new subtypes

Registration

(1)   The Commissioner of the ACNC is treated as having registered an entity under Division   30 of the ACNC Act on the commencement day as the subtype of entity mentioned in column 2 of an item of the table in subitem   ( 3 ) if, on the day before the commencement day, the entity is registered as the subtype of entity mentioned in column 1 of that item.

Applications for registration

(2)   An application for registration under Division   30 of the ACNC Act as the subtype of entity mentioned in column 1 of an item of the table in subitem   ( 3 ) is treated, from the commencement day, as being an application for registration as the subtype of entity mentioned in column 2 of that item, if:

  (a)   the application was made before the commencement day; and

  (b)   on the day before the commencement day, the Commissioner of the ACNC had neither registered the applicant nor refused the application.

Table

(3)   The table is as follows:

 

Corresponding subtypes

Item

Column 1

Subtype of entity mentioned in column 2 of the following item of the table in subsection   25 - 5(5) of the ACNC Act, as in force on the day before the commencement day :

Column 2

Subtype of entity mentioned in column 2 of the following item of the table in subsection   25 - 5(5) of the A CNC Act, as amended by this Act :

1

item   2 (education)

item   2 (education)

2

item   3 (religion)

item   4 (religion)

3

item   5 (prevention or the control of diseases in human beings)

item   1 3 (prevention or the control of diseases in human beings)

4

item   6 (public benevolent institution)

item   1 4 (public benevolent institution)

5

item   7 (child care services)

item   3 (social or public welfare)

3   Registration--o ld subtypes possibly equivalent to new subtypes

Registration

(1)   The Commissioner of the ACNC is treated as having registered an entity under Division   30 of the ACNC Act on the commencement day as the subtype of entity mentioned in column 2 of an item of the table in subitem   ( 3 ) if:

  (a)   on the day before the commencement day, the entity is registered as the subtype of entity mentioned in column 1 of that item; and

  (b)   the entity notifies the Commissioner that, on the commencement day, the entity meets the description of the subtype of entity mentioned in column 2 of that item.

Applications for registration

(2)   An application for registration under Division   30 of the ACNC Act as the subtype of entity mentioned in column 1 of an item of the table in subitem   ( 3 ) is treated, from the commencement day, as being an application for registration as the subtype of entity mentioned in column 2 of that item, if:

  (a)   the application was made before the commencement day; and

  (b)   on the day before the commencement day, the Commissioner of the ACNC had neither registered the applicant nor refused th e application; and

  (c)   the applicant requests the Commissioner to treat the application as being an application for registration as the subtype of entity mentioned in column 2 of that item .

Table

(3 )   The table is as follows:

 

Corresponding subtypes

Item

Column 1

Subtype of entity mentioned in column 2 of the following item of the table in subsection   25 - 5(5) of the ACNC Act, as in force on the day before the commencement day :

Column 2

Subtype of entity mentioned in column 2 of the following item of the table in subsection   25 - 5(5) of the ACNC Act, as amended by this Act :

1

item   1 (relief of poverty, sickness or the needs of the aged)

item   1 (health)

2

item   1 (relief of poverty, sickness or the needs of the aged)

item   3 (social or public welfare)

3

item   4 (another purpose that is beneficial to the community)

item   1 (health)

4

item   4 (another purpose that is beneficial to the community)

item   3 ( social or public welfare )

5

item   4 (another purpose that is beneficial to the community)

item   5 ( culture )

6

item   4 (another purpose that is beneficial to the community)

item   6 ( reconciliation, mutual respect and tolerance between groups of individual s that are in Australia )

7

item   4 (another purpose that is beneficial to the community)

item   7 ( human rights )

8

item   4 (another purpose that is beneficial to the community)

item   8 ( advancing the security or safety of Australia or the Australian public )

9

item   4 (another purpose that is beneficial to the community)

item   9 ( preventing or relieving the suffering of animals )

10

item   4 (another purpose that is beneficial to the community)

item   10 ( natural environment )

11

item   4 (another purpose that is beneficial to the community)

item   11 ( purposes beneficial to the general public and analogous to the other charitable purposes )

12

item   4 (another purpose that is beneficial to the community)

item   1 2 ( advancing public debate )

Notices and requests

(4)   A notice given under paragraph   ( 1)(b), or a request made under paragraph   ( 2)( c ), must be:

  (a)   in the approved form; and

  (b)   given to the Commissioner during the period of 1 8 months starting on the commencement day.

Note:   Subdivision   175 - B of the ACNC Act imposes an administrative penalty if the notice or request contains a statement that is false or misleading in a material particular.

Division   2--Funds contributing to other funds

4   Funds contributing to other funds

(1)   This item applies to a fund that, on the day before the commencement day, is endorsed as a contributing fund.

(2)   The Commissioner of Taxation is treated as having endorsed the fund under Subdivision   50 - B of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 on th e commencement day as exempt from income tax because the fund is covered by item   1.1 of the table in section   50 - 5 of that Act ( registered charity).

(3)   The Commissioner of the ACNC is treated as having registered the fund on the commencement day under Division   30 of the ACNC Act as the type of entity mentioned in column 1 of item   1 of the table in subsection   25 - 5(5) of that Act (charity).

(4)   The purpose the fund has, on the day before the commencement day , is treated as being a charitable purpose during the period:

  (a)   starting on the commencement day; and

  (b)   ending on the day (if any) the fund cease s to be entitled to be endorsed as a contributing fund (disregarding the amendments made by Schedule   1 to this Act) .

5   O pt - out

I f, during the period of 12 months starting on the commencement day, a fund notifies the Commissioner of the ACNC, in the approved form, that the fund does not want item   4 to apply to the fund:

  ( a )   i tem   4 do es not apply, and is taken nev er to have applied, to the fund; and

  (b )   t he Commissioner of Taxation is treated as having revoked, on the day before the commencement day, the entity ' s endorsement mentioned in paragraph   426 - 5(h) in Schedule   1 to the Taxation Administration Act 1953 .

Part   3 -- Purposes of registered charitable trusts

6   Purpose of relief of poverty treated as being for public benefit

For the purposes of the Charities Act 2013 , a purpose that a trust has on the day before the commencement day is treated, from the commencement day, as being for the public benefit, if:

  (a)   the purpose is the relief of poverty; and

  (b)   on the day before the commencement day, the trust is registered under the ACNC Act as the subtype of entity mentioned in column 2 of item   1 of the table in subsection   25 - 5(5) of that Act, as in force on the day before the commencement day .

Part   4 -- Charitable purposes

7   Charitable purposes

For the purposes of paragraph   ( k) of the definition of charitable purpose in subsection   12 (1) of the Charities Act 2013 , a purpose:

  (a)   that, on the day before the commencement day, was a charitable purpose; and

  (b)   to which paragraphs   ( a) to (j) and (l) of that definition do not apply;

is treated as being a purpose beneficial to the general public that may reasonably be regarded as analogous to, or within the spirit of, any of the purposes mentioned in paragraphs   ( a) to (j) of that definition.

 



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