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How Does The Property Occupations Act 2014 (QLD) (“POA”) Affect The Contract?

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  Application of Property Occupations Act (POA) Property Occupations Act 2014 (QLD) contains provisions relating to the sale of  residential property . Those provisions apply to contracts for the sale of property that is used, or is intended to be used,  for residential purposes but will not apply to a contract: for the sale of property where it is used primarily for industry, commerce, or primary production; formed on a sale by auction (directly on the fall of the hammer by outcry or directly at the end of another similar type of competition for purchase); entered into, no later than 5.00 pm on the second clear business day after the Property was passed in at auction with a registered bidder for the auction; formed because of the exercise of an option granted under an earlier agreement if the parties to the Contract are the same parties as in the earlier agreement; where the Buyer is: a publicly listed corporation; or a subsidiary of a publicly listed corporation; or the...