South Australian Consolidated Acts

CROWN RATES AND TAXES RECOVERY ACT 1945 - SECT 18

18—Discharge of liability on sale of land

Any sale of land by the Minister pursuant to this Act or any transfer or conveyance made pursuant to section 16 or any cancellation of a Crown lease pursuant to section 17 shall discharge the land and all owners and occupiers thereof and all previous owners and occupiers thereof from—

            (a)         all liability for payment to any Crown rating or taxing authority of any Crown rates or taxes payable in respect of the land at the time of the sale, transfer, conveyance or cancellation, as the case may be;

            (b)         all liability to any municipal council or district council for rates or other moneys due to the council for any purpose which at the time of the sale, transfer, conveyance, or cancellation, as the case may be, were a charge upon the said land or which were otherwise recoverable pursuant to any Act by the council in respect of the said land;

            (c)         all liability for payments of any rent, principal, or interest due and payable to the Crown at the time of the sale or cancellation, as the case may be, under any Crown lease in which the land is comprised.