Sarah Spottiswood appeared for the appellant, instructed by the Commissioner of State Revenue.
The Commissioner for State Revenue sought leave to appeal a decision delivered in the matter of Scott-Holland v Commissioner of State Revenue [2023] QCAT 203, in which the Tribunal decided that Mr Scott-Holland’s contract with Oly Homes satisfied the requirements of a ‘comprehensive home building contract’. The Commissioner submitted that the Tribunal erred by misconstruing the definition of a ‘comprehensive home building contract’, by interpreting the Contract as being within the scope of the definition of the same term, and by failing to properly apply specified principles of statutory interpretation.
The Appeal Tribunal granted leave to appeal and allowed the appeal. It held that the Tribunal fell into error in interpreting that the transaction was an eligible transaction, by misconstruing the eligibility criteria, including that the Contract was a “comprehensive home building contract” within the definition of the home builder direction.
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