South Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

IRRIGATION ACT 1994 - SECT 13

13—Abolition of private irrigation district on landowners' application

        (1)         The owners of all of the irrigated properties within a private irrigation district may apply to the Minister for abolition of the district.

        (2)         The application must—

            (a)         be in a form approved by the Minister; and

            (b)         be accompanied by the prescribed fee.

        (3)         If the Minister is satisfied that—

            (a)         all the long term occupiers (if any) of the irrigated properties within the irrigation district have been served with one month's notice (in a form approved by the Minister) of the application and of their right to object to it; and

            (b)         none of those long term occupiers has served written notice on the Minister objecting to the application,

the Minister may grant the application by public notice.

        (4)         The notice will operate from the date of publication or from such later date as is specified in the notice.

        (5)         When the notice comes into operation—

            (a)         the irrigation district is abolished and the trust for the district is dissolved; and

            (b)         the trust's water licence is cancelled.

        (6)         The notice may impose such terms and conditions as the Minister thinks fit on the owners of the land (including land that had ceased to be an irrigated property) that comprised the district immediately before its abolition.

        (7)         The Minister must not publish a notice abolishing the irrigation district unless he or she has received consent in writing to the terms of the notice signed by all of the applicants.