TREES (DISPUTES BETWEEN NEIGHBOURS) ACT 2006 - SECT 16
Successors in title bound by order
TREES (DISPUTES BETWEEN NEIGHBOURS) ACT 2006 - SECT 16
Successors in title bound by order
16 Successors in title bound by order
(1) If the Court makes an order under Part 2 requiring a person who is an
owner of land on which a tree is situated (an
"original owner" ) to carry out work in relation to the tree within a
specified period and the original owner ceases to be the owner of the land
before the work is carried out, a successor in title to the owner:
(a) is
required to carry out that work, and
(b) to that extent, is bound by the
order in the same way as the original owner (except as provided by this
section).
(1A) If the Court makes an order under Part 2A requiring a person
who is an owner of land on which 2 or more trees are situated (an
"original trees owner" ) to carry out work in relation to a tree or trees
within a specified period and the original trees owner ceases to be the owner
of the land before the work is carried out, the immediate successor in title
to the owner:
(a) is required to carry out that work, and
(b) to that extent,
is bound by the order in the same way as the original trees owner (except as
provided by this section).
(2) The successor in title is bound by the order
only if the applicant for the order, or the immediate successor in title of
the applicant who is entitled to the benefit of the order under section 16A,
gives a copy of the order to the successor in title.
(3) For the purposes of
this section the specified period within which the work is required to be
carried out under the order is taken to commence from the date on which the
copy of the order is given to the successor in title.
