19Notice of change of occupier, owner or contact details

19 Notice of change of occupier, owner or contact details

19 Notice of change of occupier, owner or contact details

(1) A person who becomes, or ceases to be, the occupier or owner of rateable land must give notice, in the approved form, to Local Land Services within 1 month after becoming, or ceasing to be, the occupier or owner.

Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.

(2) A person is taken to have given notice of a change in ownership under this section if, within 1 month after the change, notice of the change is lodged with the Registrar-General in accordance with—

(a) the Real Property Act 1900, section 39, or

(b) the Conveyancing Act 1919, section 184E.

(3) An occupier of rateable land must notify Local Land Services of a change in the occupier’s contact details, as specified in a notice under subsection (2), within 1 month after the change takes effect.

Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.