LAND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 113
LAND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 113
113 . Pastoral lessee to submit annual return
(1) In this section
—
due date means —
(a) 31
March; or
(b) if
the regulations prescribe a different date, that date;
return end date means —
(a) 31
December; or
(b) if
the regulations prescribe a different date, that date;
return period , for a pastoral lease, means
—
(a) 12
months ending on the return end date; or
(b) if
the lease is granted in that period, the period commencing on the date the
lease is granted and ending on the return end date; or
(c) if
the regulations prescribe a different period, that period.
(2) A pastoral lessee
must, on or before the due date in each year, submit to the Board a return
that relates to the land under the lease, and the activities on the land,
during the preceding return period.
Penalty for this subsection:
(a) a
fine of $4 000;
(b) a
daily penalty of a fine of $400 for each day or part of a day during which the
offence continues.
(3) The return must be
in an approved form and contain the following information —
(a)
permitted stock numbers on the return end date;
(b) full
particulars, including costs, of all improvements effected on the land under
the lease in the return period;
(c) full
particulars of the use, in the return period, of each area of land affected by
a permit issued under Division 5;
(d) any
other information the form requires.
(4) A pastoral lessee
must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to provide in a return any
information required under subsection (3).
Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $4 000.
(5) A pastoral lessee
must not provide information in a return knowing the information to be false
or misleading in a material particular.
Penalty for this subsection: imprisonment for 12
months or a fine of $15 000.
[Section 113 inserted: No. 4 of 2023 s. 56.]