Section 988 | Overview of Chapter

(1)This Chapter contains definitions which apply for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts, except where, in those Acts, the context otherwise requires.

(2)To find a definition go first to section 989, which sets out some of the definitions in full.

(3)If a definition is not set out in full in section 989, the section indicates where it is set out in full.

(4)In some cases it is stated that a definition does not apply for the purposes of specified provisions of the Income Tax Acts (see, for example, sections 990(2), 992(3) and 1007(4)).

(5)And in some cases it is stated that a definition has effect only for the purposes of specific provisions of the Income Tax Acts (see, for example, sections 991, 993, 995 and 1006).