(1) Rates and service
charges recoverable under this Act —
(a) are
apportionable between successive owners in respect of time as if they accrued
due from day to day during the period for which they were imposed; and
(b) are
apportionable between owners of several portions of the land rated or in
relation to which the service charge is imposed, as the case requires,
according to the respective values of the portions.
(2) Where, in
accordance with this Act, any portion of a rate or service charge (other than
a service charge imposed on an occupier under section 6.38(1)(b)) in respect
of any land has been paid by a person other than the owner of the land,
whether during or after the period for which the rates were imposed, the owner
is liable, if there is no agreement between them to the contrary, to reimburse
that other person the amount so paid.
(3) This section does
not affect the liability of a person to the local government.
(4) An unsatisfied
judgment or order of a court for the recovery of rates or service charges from
a person is not a bar to the recovery of them from another person liable under
this Act to pay them.