LAND ACT 1958 - SECT 130B Licence presumed where fee paid

LAND ACT 1958 - SECT 130B

S. 130B(1) amended by Nos 96/1994 s. 32(1)(a)(b), 76/1998 s. 11(b), 19/2018 s. 139.

    (1)     The land manager 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.

S. 130B(3) amended by No. 96/1994 s. 32(1)(a).

    (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

S. 130B(4)(b) amended by No. 96/1994 s. 32(1)(c).

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

S. 130B(4)(c) amended by No. 96/1994 s. 32(1)(a).

        (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.

S. 130C inserted by No. 48/1993 s. 3.