Australian Tax Treaties
As amended by the Malaysian Protocol (No 1), the Malaysian Exchange of Letters,
the Malaysian Protocol (No 2) and the Malaysian Protocol (No 3)
The Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (the MLI) has modified the application of this tax treaty. A synthesised text of the MLI and this tax treaty is available to facilitate the understanding of how the MLI modifies this tax treaty.
Income from land may be taxed in the Contracting State in which the land is situated.
2.
In this Article, the word " land " shall have the meaning which it has under the law of the Contracting State in which the land in question is situated; it shall include any estate or direct interest in land whether improved or not. A right to receive variable or fixed payments either as consideration for the exploitation of or the right to explore for or exploit, or in respect of the exploitation of, mineral deposits, oil or gas wells, quarries or other places of extraction or exploitation of natural resources or for the exploitation of, or the right to exploit or to fell any standing trees, plants or forest produce shall be deemed to be an estate or direct interest in land situated in the Contracting State in which the mineral deposits, oil or gas wells, quarries, natural resources, or standing trees, plants or forest produce, as the case may be, are situated or where the exploration may take place.
3.
The provisions of paragraph 1 shall apply to income derived from the direct use, letting or use in any other form of land.
4.
The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 3 shall also apply to the income from land of an enterprise and to income from land used for the performance of professional services.
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