36Change of owner

36 Change of owner

36 Change of owner

(1) A person who ceases to be the owner of a parcel of land for which a catchment contribution is payable is liable to pay the contribution until the day the person gives notice of the change in ownership to Local Land Services.

(2) A person who becomes the owner of a parcel of land is liable to pay a catchment contribution that has been levied for the land and that is unpaid on the day the person becomes the owner.

(3) If there is a change in the ownership of the land during the charging year in relation to which the contribution is levied, the contribution is payable between the former and subsequent owners in proportion to—

(a) the part of the land owned, and

(b) the part of the year during which the land was owned.

(4) A person is taken to have given notice of a change in ownership under this section if 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.