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VETERANS' ENTITLEMENTS ACT 1986 - SECT 52ZZZ

Individual disposes of asset to company or trust before 1 January 2002--individual is attributable stakeholder

  (1)   If:

  (a)   an individual has transferred property to a company or trust before 1   January 2002; and

  (b)   the transfer amounts to a disposal by the individual of an asset of the individual; and

  (c)   apart from this section:

  (i)   under Subdivision BA or BB of Division   11, as a result of the disposition, a particular amount is included in the value of the individual's assets for the period of 5 years that starts on the day on which the disposition took place; and

  (ii)   that 5 - year period ends after 1   January 2002; and

  (d)   the individual is an attributable stakeholder of the company or trust on 1   January 2002;

the Commission may, by writing, determine that:

  (e)   in a case where the individual's asset attribution percentage is 100%--Subdivisions BA and BB of Division   11 and sections   45UT and 45UTA have effect, in relation to the disposal of the asset referred to in paragraph   (b), as if references in those Subdivisions and sections to the period of 5 years starting on the day on which the disposition took place were references to the period:

  (i)   beginning on the day on which the disposition took place; and

  (ii)   ending immediately before 1   January 2002; or

  (f)   in a case where the individual's asset attribution percentage is less than 100%--Subdivisions BA and BB of Division   11 and sections   45UT and 45UTA have effect on and after 1   January 2002, in relation to the disposal of the asset referred to in paragraph   (b), as if the amount of the disposition were reduced by:

  (i)   the individual's asset attribution percentage as at 1   January 2002; or

  (ii)   if a higher percentage is specified in the determination--that higher percentage.

  (2)   A determination under subsection   (1) has effect accordingly.

  (3)   In making a determination under subsection   (1), the Commission must comply with any relevant decision - making principles.



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