This presentation is an overview of the Corporate Reconstruction provisions in each jurisdiction, including:
- the policy basis for providing relief from duty on a corporate reconstruction
- similarities and differences in the corporate reconstruction
- provisions / guidelines across the jurisdictions
- practical issues arising in administration of the provisions - ie, in applying for relief
- claw-back from duty and exceptions to the claw-back (eg, what is a 'public float' and how does the legal concept compare to what is taking place in the market, eg, targeted offerings, broker offerings etc)
- do Commissioners have a residual discretion not to claw-back duty in?
- situations outside the stated exceptions.