South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts43—Declaration of water supply charges
(1) The trust may, in
respect of a financial year or part of a financial year, by notice published
in a local newspaper, declare a water supply charge or water supply charges
based on 1, or a combination of 2 or more, of the following:
(a) the
fact that land is connected to an irrigation system of the trust;
(b) the
volume of water supplied or delivered during the charging period to which the
declaration applies;
(c) the
area of the land to be irrigated;
(d) such
other factor or factors as the trust thinks fit.
(2) The trust may
declare different charges—
(a) in
respect of different areas;
(b) for
water supplied for irrigation purposes, domestic purposes or other purposes;
(c)
depending on the quality of the water supplied or delivered.
(3) In the case of
water supplied for irrigation purposes, the trust may declare a basic charge
in respect of a specific amount of water supplied or delivered under an
irrigation right or water licence and a further charge, or series of charges,
that increase as the volume of water supplied increases over that amount.
(4) A water supply
charge may be declared after the period to which it relates has commenced.
(5) This section does
not limit the operation of section 42.