South Australian Numbered Acts

STATUTES AMENDMENT (ENVIRONMENT AND CONSERVATION PORTFOLIO) ACT 2005 (NO 20 OF 2005) - SECT 40

40—Amendment of section 132—Declaration of penalty in relation to the unauthorised or unlawful taking or use of water

        (1)         Section 132(2a)—delete "A notice" and substitute:

Subject to subsection (2ab), a notice

        (2)         Section 132(2a)(b)—delete paragraph (b) and substitute:

            (b)         must be published in the Gazette in the first half of the accounting period.

        (3)         Section 132—after subsection (2a) insert:

        (2ab)         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.