Local Land Services Regulation 2026
20Recovery of rates paid when not occupier or owner
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20 Recovery of rates paid when not occupier or owner
20 Recovery of rates paid when not occupier or owner
(1) A person who pays a rate to Local Land Services after the person ceases to be the occupier or owner of the land for which the rate is payable, but before the person gives notice of the change in occupancy or ownership under section 19, may recover the amount of the rate from the subsequent occupier or owner of the land.
(2) An occupier or owner of land who pays Local Land Services a rate that accrued while another person occupied or owned the land may recover from the person the share of the rate that accrued while the person was occupier or owner of the land.