Order under subsection 69(2) - Disposal of Interest - 80-120 Gray Court, Rockbank, Victoria (Cth)
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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975
ORDER UNDER SUBSECTION 69(2)
WHEREAS --
(A) Zoro Holdings Pty Ltd acquired an interest in Australian land situated at 80-120 Gray Court, Rockbank, Victoria (the land) in 2014;
(B) I am satisfied that Zoro Holdings Pty Ltd's acquisition of an interest in the land was a significant action that was taken before 1 December 2015 (see item 6(1) of Schedule 3 to the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Legislation Amendment Act 2015 and also section 43 of the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975 (FATA));
(C) I am satisfied that the result of that significant action is contrary to the national interest; and
(D) I am also satisfied that the Treasurer would have had the power to make an order under subsection 21A(4) of the FATA (as it was immediately after Zoro Holdings Pty Ltd acquired an interest in the land) on the following basis:
* Zoro Holdings Pty Ltd was a foreign person who acquired an interest in Australian urban land; and
* I am satisfied that the acquisition of that interest was contrary to the national interest.
NOW THEREFORE
I, ELIZABETH HARDCASTLE, Assistant Commissioner at the Australian Taxation Office, hereby make an order in accordance with item 7 of the table in subsection 69(2) of the FATA, directing Zoro Holdings Pty Ltd to DISPOSE of its interest in the land by midnight (Canberra time) 24 months from the date the order commences, to one or more persons who are not its associates.
This order commences on the day that is 30 days after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.
Dated 5th December 2016
Elizabeth Hardcastle
Assistant Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office