Absentee Landowners Levy Act 1976 (NI)

NORFOLK ISLAND

Absentee Landowners Levy Act 1976

No. 2, 1976

Compilation No. 2

Compilation date: 18 October 2017

Includes amendments up to: Norfolk Island Continued Laws Ordinance 2015 (No. 2, 2015)

NORFOLK ISLAND

ABSENTEE LANDOWNERS LEVY ACT 1976

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Short title 2. Definitions 3. Absentees 4. Unimproved value of land 5. Absentee levy 5A. Reduced levy 6. Exemptions 6A. Application for, and grant of, exemptions 6B. Provision of information 7. Valuations 8. Assessments 9. Payment of levy and interest 10. Objections 11. Appeals 12. Payment pending and after appeal 13. Recovery of levy and interest 14. No limitation of action 15. Charge on land 16. Sale of land for non-payment of levy 17. Conveyance of land by Minister 18. Application of purchase money 19. Contribution between joint owners 20. Evidence 21. Relief in cases of hardship 21A. Delegation 22. Regulations

NORFOLK ISLAND

Absentee Landowners Levy Act 1976

An Act to impose a levy on absentee landowners, and for other purposes.

Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Absentee Landowners Levy Act 1976.

Definitions 2. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears — "an exempt person means a person granted exemption from payment of the levy under section 6A; "interest" means interest payable under subsection 9(3) on unpaid levy; "levy" means the annual levy imposed by subsection 5(1); "levy day" means September 15, in every year other than 2017 or a later year; "parcel of land" includes a lot, but does not include common property, under the Community Title Act 2015; "year of levy" means the period of 12 months immediately preceding a levy day. (2) For the purposes of this Act, where a parcel of land is subject to a mortgage, the person having the equity of redemption shall be deemed to be the owner in fee simple of that parcel.