WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 2000 - SECT 362
Liability where a person becomes entitled to an estate or interest
WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 2000 - SECT 362
Liability where a person becomes entitled to an estate or interest
362 Liability where a person becomes entitled to an estate or interest
(1)
An owner of land is liable for all arrears of rates and charges owing by any
previous owner of the land, despite the fact that the new owner acquired the
land after the rates or charges were levied.
(2) If any person who becomes an
owner of land pays to the charging authority any rates or charges in respect
of that land that were levied before the person became the owner, the person
may recover from the previous owner such part of the rates or charges as was
levied in respect of the period during which the previous owner was the owner
of the land.
