LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 6.75

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 - SECT 6.75

6.75 .         Land to be vested in local government

        (1)         Where, at the expiration of 12 years from the taking of possession of any rateable land by a local government under section 6.64 —

            (a)         all rates and service charges due and payable in respect of the land have not been paid; and

            (b)         the land has not, under the provisions of this Subdivision, been —

                  (i)         sold by the local government; or

                  (ii)         transferred to the local government; or

                  (iii)         transferred to the Crown,

                by operation of this section the fee simple in the land is to be transferred to the local government subject to —

            (c)         easements in favour of the public which affect the land; and

            (d)         the rights of the Crown in right of the State or Commonwealth or a department, agency, or instrumentality of the Crown in right of the State or Commonwealth; and

            (e)         rates and taxes (other than local government rates and service charges) due on the land,

                but free from other encumbrances.

        (2)         Schedule 6.3 has effect in relation to a transfer under this section.

        [Heading amended: No. 55 of 2004 s. 693.]