South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts (1) An
irrigation trust may have a set of rules relating to the membership,
management or operations of the trust.
(2) A set of rules of
a trust—
(a) must
comply with any prescribed requirements; and
(b) must
not contain any provision that is contrary to or inconsistent with this Act;
and
(c) may
provide for the imposition and payment of application and other fees by
members of the trust (including a fee to be paid by a person if or when the
person ceases to be a member of the trust); and
(d) may
provide for or regulate the times at which irrigation water may be used; and
(e) may
provide for other matters to facilitate—
(i)
the effective management of an irrigation or
drainage system provided by the trust; or
(ii)
the efficient supply, delivery or use of water provided
by an irrigation system provided by the trust; or
(iii)
the efficient drainage, management or disposal of water
through a drainage system provided by the trust; and
(f) may
provide for such other matters as may be prescribed by the regulations or
expedient for the purposes of the trust.
(3) An alteration to
the rules of a trust may be made by ordinary resolution of the trust unless
provision is otherwise made in the rules of the trust.
(4) Subject to any
provision in the rules of the trust or a resolution to the contrary, an
alteration to the rules of a trust comes into force at the time that the
alteration is passed.
(5) The rules of a
trust bind the trust and the members of the trust.
(6) It will not be
presumed that a person dealing with a trust, or an agent of a trust, has
notice of the rules of the trust.
(7) A trust must, at
the request of the Minister, furnish the Minister with an up-to-date copy of
the rules of the trust within a period specified by the Minister at the time
that the request is made.
Maximum penalty: $500.