59DLiability where an estate or interest is transferred

59D Liability where an estate or interest is transferred

59D Liability where an estate or interest is transferred

(1) Where a person ceases to be the occupier or owner of any land in respect of which a meat industry levy is payable, the person shall continue to be liable to the Food Authority for the levy to the same extent as if the person had continued to be the occupier or owner of the land, if the notice of the amount of the levy is given either—

(a) before the person ceases to be the occupier or owner of the land, or

(b) before the Food Authority or its agent has received notice under section 59E(1) of the person ceasing to be the occupier or owner of the land.

(2) Where a person who ceases to be the occupier or owner of any land pays to the Food Authority or its agent any meat industry levy which becomes due and payable after the person has ceased to be the occupier or owner of the land and before the Food Authority or its agent has received the notice under section 59E(1), the person may recover the amount from any person who thereafter becomes the occupier or owner, as the case may be, of the land.

(3) As between successive occupiers or owners of land a meat industry levy shall be considered as accruing from day to day and shall be apportionable in respect of time accordingly.

s 59D: Ins 1985 No 171, Sch 1 (2). Am 1998 No 128, Sch 3 [19]; 2004 No 16, Sch 2.7 [5]; 2025 No 48, Sch 1.7[1] [2].