South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts52—Liability for charges
(1) The following
persons are jointly and severally liable for the payment of charges and rates
and interest on charges and rates:
(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 or rates first became payable;
(b) a
person who becomes an owner or occupier of the land after the charges or rates
first became payable but before the liability to pay the charges or rates and
interest is satisfied.
(2) Notice of the
amount payable by way of charges or rates, 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 or rates 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 the 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 the trust
under this Act or under an agreement made under this Act.