South Australian Numbered Acts

STATUTES AMENDMENT (ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION PORTFOLIO) ACT 2005 (NO 20 OF 2005) - SECT 28

28—Amendment of section 115—Declaration of penalty in relation to the unauthorised or unlawful taking or use of water

        (1)         Section 115(3)—delete "A notice" and substitute:

Subject to subsection (3a), a notice

        (2)         Section 115—after subsection (3) insert:

        (3a)         If the Minister has not declared a penalty or penalties under paragraph (a) of subsection (1) by the end of the first half of a particular accounting period (the "new accounting period"), it will be taken that the last penalty or penalties declared by the Minister under that paragraph also apply to the taking of water in the consumption period that corresponds to the new accounting period.

        (3)         Section 115—after subsection (5) insert:

        (6)         In this section—

"accounting period" and "consumption period" have the same respective meanings as in Division 2.