sec.134Procedures for selling land

sec.134 Procedures for selling land

This section sets out the procedures that the council must follow when selling land for overdue rates or charges. The council must first offer the land for sale by auction. The council must prepare an auction notice. At least 14 days, but not more than 35 days, before the day of the auction, the council must— give a copy of the auction notice to everyone who was given a notice of intention to sell the land; and publish the auction notice on the council’s website; and display the auction notice in a conspicuous place in the council’s public office, until the day of the auction; and display the auction notice in a conspicuous place on the land unless it is not reasonably practicable to do so because the land is in a remote location or difficult to access; and take all reasonable steps to publish the auction notice in another way to notify the public about the sale of the land. publish the auction notice in a newspaper that is circulating generally in Brisbane or on a real estate trading website However, if— the land is a building unit; and it is not practicable to display the auction notice in a conspicuous place on the land; the notice may be displayed in a conspicuous part of the common property for the building units. In this section— auction notice , for a sale of land by auction, means a written notice stating— the day, time and place of the auction; and a full description of the land. s 134 amd 2020 SL No. 244 s 7 (sec.134-ssec.1) This section sets out the procedures that the council must follow when selling land for overdue rates or charges. (sec.134-ssec.2) The council must first offer the land for sale by auction. (sec.134-ssec.3) The council must prepare an auction notice. (sec.134-ssec.4) At least 14 days, but not more than 35 days, before the day of the auction, the council must— give a copy of the auction notice to everyone who was given a notice of intention to sell the land; and publish the auction notice on the council’s website; and display the auction notice in a conspicuous place in the council’s public office, until the day of the auction; and display the auction notice in a conspicuous place on the land unless it is not reasonably practicable to do so because the land is in a remote location or difficult to access; and take all reasonable steps to publish the auction notice in another way to notify the public about the sale of the land. publish the auction notice in a newspaper that is circulating generally in Brisbane or on a real estate trading website (sec.134-ssec.5) However, if— the land is a building unit; and it is not practicable to display the auction notice in a conspicuous place on the land; the notice may be displayed in a conspicuous part of the common property for the building units. (sec.134-ssec.6) In this section— auction notice , for a sale of land by auction, means a written notice stating— the day, time and place of the auction; and a full description of the land.