Local Government (Rating) Act 2002

Assessment, payment, and recovery of rates and remission, postponement, and write-off of rates - Assessment, payment, and recovery - Abandoned land

81: Presumption that sale or lease valid

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"Buying or leasing abandoned land is automatically considered legal"

If you buy or lease abandoned land under this Act, the sale or lease is considered valid for all purposes. This is true even if something was not done correctly during the sale or lease process. You do not have to check if the sale or lease was done properly, as the law assumes it is valid.

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Part 3Assessment, payment, and recovery of rates and remission, postponement, and write-off of rates
Assessment, payment, and recovery: Abandoned land

81Presumption that sale or lease valid

  1. A sale or lease of abandoned land made under this Act is valid for all purposes, even if there has been an irregularity in the conduct of the sale or lease.

  2. No purchaser or lessee is obliged to inquire whether the sale or purchase was properly conducted.