Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) All rates imposed
under this Act and entered in any rating records shall (together with the
costs of any proceedings for the recovery thereof) be a charge on the land
rated, ranking pari passu with rates imposed under the
Local Government Act 1995 , and shall be recoverable by the Corporation
from —
(a) the
owner at the time of the completion of the rating records;
(b) any
person who whilst the rates are unpaid becomes the owner of the land rated, or
any part thereof.
(2) The amount of the
rates referred to in subsection (1) may instead in the first instance, at
the option of the Corporation, be recovered from the occupier of the land
rated.
(3) Unless the Crown
is the owner, any amount of such rates paid by an occupier shall, in the
absence of special agreement to the contrary, be afterwards recoverable by the
occupier from the owner and any receipt for rates so paid may be tendered to
and shall be accepted by the owner in satisfaction, to the extent of the
amount specified in the receipt, of any rent due to the owner.
[Section 100 amended by No. 38 of 1978
s. 10; No. 25 of 1985 s. 235 and 249; No. 110 of 1985
s. 100 and 111; No. 73 of 1995 s. 78; No. 14 of 1996
s. 4.]