(1) Any charges or
rates and any accrued interest will be a charge on the land in respect of
which water is supplied or delivered, or is drained, in accordance with a
scheme established by the regulations.
(2)
Subsection (1)—
(a)
applies subject to any Commonwealth water rules; and
(b) does
not apply to any charges (and associated interest) of a prescribed kind.
(3) In addition, any
charges or rates that are not paid in accordance with a notice under
section 52, together with any interest, may be recovered by the trust as
a debt from a person who is liable for the payment of the charges or rates.
(4) Any action to
recover any charges (and interest) as a debt does not prejudice any action to
recover any charges or rates (and interest) as a charge on land, and vice
versa, but any amount sought to be recovered under 1 right must be adjusted to
take into account any amount actually recovered under the other right.