South Australian Repealed Acts South Australian Repealed ActsThis legislation has been repealed.
37—Supply of water and drainage outside district
(1) An authority may
enter into an agreement with the owner or occupier of land outside its
district—
(a) to
supply water to the land for the purpose of irrigating the land or for
domestic or other purposes;
(b)
to drain water from the land.
(2) Land does not
become part of the irrigation district by reason of the supply of water to it
under an agreement referred to in subsection (1).
(3) A trust must not,
without the Minister's written approval, supply water for domestic purposes or
for any other purpose (except for irrigation) if a supply of water under the
Waterworks Act 1932 is available for those purposes.
(4) The term of an
agreement referred to in subsection (1) is one year unless otherwise
specified in the agreement.
(5) The person who
enters into an agreement with an authority under this section will be taken to
be a landowner for the purposes of section 54.
(6) An authority may
restrict or close off the supply of water under an agreement referred to in
subsection (1) if—
(a) the
water that is available and suitable for the purposes for which it is to be
supplied under the agreement cannot meet the demand; or
(b) the
owner or occupier has failed to pay charges, or interest on charges, due under
the agreement or has contravened or failed to comply with any other term of
the agreement; or
(c) the
owner or occupier has contravened or failed to comply with a provision of this
Act or with a direction of the authority under this Act; or
(d) the
authority is unable to dispose of water draining from the land into its
drainage system because of the degraded quality of the water.
(7) An authority
incurs no civil liability in respect of action taken by it under
subsection (6).