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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 6.64

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 6.64

6.64 .         Actions to be taken

        (1)         If any rates or service charges which are due to a local government in respect of any rateable land have been unpaid for at least 3 years the local government may, in accordance with the appropriate provisions of this Subdivision take possession of the land and hold the land as against a person having an estate or interest in the land and —

            (a)         from time to time lease the land; or

            (b)         sell the land; or

            (c)         cause the land to be transferred to the Crown; or

            (d)         cause the land to be transferred to itself.

        (2)         On taking possession of any land under this section, the local government is to give to the owner of the land such notification as is prescribed and then to affix on a conspicuous part of the land a notice, in the form or substantially in the form prescribed.

        (3)         Where payment of rates or service charges imposed in respect of any land is in arrears the local government has an interest in the land in respect of which it may lodge a caveat to preclude dealings in respect of the land, and may withdraw caveats so lodged by it.