(1) Where rates payable under an Act referred to in section 44 have been
unpaid for a period of not less than 12 months in respect of a rating year
commencing on 1 January 1985 or any subsequent date, the
New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council shall, within 30 days after receipt of
a notice from the appropriate rating authority specifying the total of the
amount unpaid, the amount of any interest accrued on that amount and any extra
charges, pay that total to that rating authority.
(2) A rating authority may
recover an amount unpaid after the expiration of the period of 30 days
referred to in subsection (1) from the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council
as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.
