Status of split decisions may figure in overseas investment regime review - Sage

Status of split decisions may figure in overseas investment regime review - Sage
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By Gavin Evans June 13 (BusinessDesk) - The status of split ministerial decisions on land purchases by overseas investors may be considered in the next phase of a review of the Overseas Investment Act, Lands Minister Eugenie Sage says. The review work, being led by Associate Finance Minister David Parker and Treasury, may touch on split decisions as part of a new national interest test being considered for inclusion in the legislation, Sage told Parliament’s primary production committee today, but offered no further detail. “The OIA re...

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