19Liability to pay levy

19 Liability to pay levy

(1) Subject to section 20, the owner of leviable land is liable to pay the levy amount and levy interest on that land.

(2) For the purposes of this Act and Parts II and IIA of the Valuation of Land Act 1960 a caravan park is a single parcel of leviable land in respect of which the caravan park owner is taken to be the single occupier and is liable to pay the levy.

(3) A person who has a licence to pasture any animals on Crown land under the Forests Act 1958, the Land Act 1958 or the Water Act 1989, is taken to be the owner of the land and is liable to pay the levy on that land as if it is leviable land.

(4) A person who has or should have a licence under the Land Act 1958 in respect of unused roads or water frontages is taken to be the owner of the land and is liable to pay the levy on that land as if it is leviable land.

(5) A person who is a licensee of vested land under Part 3A of the Victorian Plantations Corporation Act 1993 is taken to be the owner of the land and is liable to pay the levy on that land as if it is leviable land.

(6) A levy amount or levy interest payable in relation to leviable land that is unpaid and any costs awarded to a collection agency by a court or in any proceedings in relation to a levy amount or levy interest are a first charge on that land.

Amounts referred to in subsection (6) are an equal first charge on land together with any rates or charges and any costs awarded to a Council by a court—see section 156(6) of the Local Government Act 1989.