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Change of ownership

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Change of ownership
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The licence holder is obliged to disclose a Section 50 licence when transferring ownership of land so that the new landowner is aware of their legal obligations. In such cases, the licence holder must provide the highway authority a minimum of six weeks notice that the licence is to be transferred and provide details of the new landowner and whether they wish to continue or terminate the licence. Should the new landowner not wish to take responsibility for the licence, it will be terminated and any costs incurred in abandoning the apparatus/structure (normally by being removed) will be borne by the existing licence holder. 

Failure to notify the highway authority of a change in land ownership is an offence and the licence holder may be prosecuted and if convicted, could be liable to a fine as imposed by the court.

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