Overseas Investment Act 2005

Consent and conditions regime - Miscellaneous provisions

61G: Person who relies on exemption to acquire property may be subject to existing consent or exemption conditions

You could also call this:

"Buying property from someone with an exemption means you might still have to follow their rules"

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If you buy property from someone who did not need consent because they had an exemption, you might still have to follow some conditions. These conditions are the ones that applied to the person you bought the property from. The regulations will say which conditions you have to follow.

You will be treated as if you were the original person who had to follow these conditions. For example, if the conditions were part of a consent, you will be treated as the consent holder and can agree to change the conditions under section 27. The person who sold you the property will stop being subject to the conditions in the circumstances set out in the regulations.

This rule does not affect what is said in section 61F(3). It also does not stop the person who sold you the property from stopping being subject to the conditions in certain circumstances. You should follow the conditions that apply to you as set out in the regulations.

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Part 2Consent and conditions regime
Miscellaneous provisions

61GPerson who relies on exemption to acquire property may be subject to existing consent or exemption conditions

  1. This section applies if—

  2. 1 or more of the following apply:
    1. a consent holder (A) is subject to 1 or more conditions that apply in connection with property:
      1. a person (A) relies on an exemption in, or an exemption granted under, this Act or the regulations that is subject to 1 or more conditions that apply in connection with property:
        1. because of the previous operation of this section, a person (A) is treated as being subject to 1 or more conditions that apply in connection with property; and
        2. another person (B) acquires the property (in whole or in part) under an overseas investment transaction, but B does not obtain consent because B relies on an exemption listed in the regulations; and
          1. the regulations specify 1 or more classes of conditions to which subsection (3) applies.
            1. However, this section does not apply in the circumstances prescribed in the regulations (if any).

            2. B must be treated as being subject to the conditions referred to in subsection (1)(a) that are of the class specified in the regulations (and those conditions apply as conditions of a consent or an exemption, as the case may be, with all necessary modifications as if B were the person who was originally subject to the conditions).

            3. If the conditions that apply to B are conditions of a consent, B must be treated as being a consent holder in respect of the property and in respect of the conditions (for example, B may agree to the variation of the conditions under section 27).

            4. A ceases to be subject to the conditions in the circumstances, and to the extent, provided for in the regulations.

            5. Subsection (5) does not limit subsection (4).

            6. This section does not limit section 61F(3).

            Notes
            • Section 61G: inserted, on , by section 47 of the Overseas Investment Amendment Act 2018 (2018 No 25).