Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Land Act 1958 - SECT 130B

Licence presumed where fee paid

130B. Licence presumed where fee paid





(1) The Secretary may send by post to a person who is the holder of a licence
under this Division or a corresponding previous enactment, a notice for
payment of the licence fee determined under this Division.

(2) The sending of the notice constitutes an offer of a new licence to that
person for the land covered by the current licence.

(3) On payment by that person of the fee specified in the notice a new licence
is deemed to have been granted under this Division to that person for that
land.

(4) A licence referred to in subsection (3)-

   (a)  remains in force for the period in respect of which the fee is paid;
        and

   (b)  otherwise, is subject to the same terms and conditions as applied to
        the licence originally granted to that person for that land; and

   (c)  is subject to the provisions of this Division and any regulations made
        for the purposes of this Division applying to that licence.

(5) At the request of the licensee or the licensee's legal personal
representative, the notice referred to in subsection (1) may be sent to-

   (a)  a person to whom the licensee's interest has passed by operation of
        the law relating to the estates of people who have died; or

   (b)  any one or more of the licensees, if the licence is held by more than
        one person.

(6) This section applies to a notice referred to in subsection (5)(a) as if
the person to whom the notice is sent were a holder of the licence.