South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts50—Liability for charges
(1) The following
persons are jointly and severally liable for the payment of charges and
interest on charges:
(a) the
owner and occupier of the land in respect of which water is supplied or
delivered, or is drained, as the case requires, at the date on which the
charges first became payable;
(b) a
person who becomes an owner or occupier of the land after the charges first
became payable but before the liability to pay the charges and interest is
satisfied.
(2) Notice of the
amount payable by way of charges, fixing the date on which the amount becomes
payable, must be served on the owner or occupier of the land in respect of
which the charges are payable.
(3) This section
operates subject to—
(a) any
Commonwealth water rules; and
(b) the
provisions of any agreement between the trust and a person for the supply or
delivery of water, or the drainage of land.
(4) In this
section—
"charges" means water supply and drainage charges and includes—
(a)
charges payable to an irrigation trust under an agreement with a person who is
not a member of the trust for the delivery of water to, or the drainage of
water from, the land;
(b) any
other amount in which an owner or occupier of land is indebted to an
irrigation trust under this Act or under an agreement made under this Act.