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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 121 Change in ownership or occupancy of land

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 121

Change in ownership or occupancy of land

(1)  The purchaser of land or any other person to whom land is transferred must give notice in writing to the Recorder of Titles within 3 months of the purchase or transfer of the following details:
(a) the fact of the purchase or transfer;
(b) the address or location of the land;
(c) the name and address of the new owner of the land.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.
(1A)  If land is compulsorily acquired under or for the purpose of any Act, the authority acquiring the land must give notice of that acquisition in writing to the Recorder of Titles within 3 months of the acquisition.
(2)  The owner of land in respect of which an occupier is the ratepayer must give written notice to the Recorder of Titles of a change of occupancy.
(2A)  Where the change of occupancy arises from a transaction in respect of which it is not intended to lodge a dealing with the Recorder of Titles, the notice is to be given within 30 days of the change of occupancy.
(2B)  A notice under this section –
(a) is to contain such particulars relating to the description of the land, the parties to the transaction and details of the transaction as are required for the purposes of this Act and any other Act prescribed by the regulations; and
(b) is to be included in any dealing lodged with the Recorder of Titles relating to the purchase, disposition or acquisition as may be required by the Land Titles Act 1980 .
(2C)  Without limiting the preceding provisions of this section, where a person has been aggrieved by a failure to comply with subsection (1) , (1A) , (2) or (2A) , the Recorder of Titles must accept for the purposes of this Act a copy of the notice of the transaction or acquisition produced by that person containing all the particulars required to be included in the notice as evidence that the transaction for which the notice is required has been completed.
(2D)  An owner who is required to give notice under this section must at the request of a person disposing of any land for which the notice is required provide that person with a copy of the notice required under subsection (1) , (1A) , (2) or (2A) .
(2E)  Where –
(a) a person by whom the relevant land was sold or otherwise disposed of or whose land was compulsorily acquired has been aggrieved by a failure to comply with subsection (1) , (1A) , (2) or (2A) ; and
(b) the Recorder of Titles has received from that person a copy of the notice required under subsection (1) , (1A) , (2) or (2A) –
the parties to the relevant transaction are to be treated for the purposes of this Act as if the notice had been duly given to the Recorder of Titles.
(3)  A person who fails to comply with this section is taken to be the ratepayer in respect of that land.