Victorian Current Acts

WATER ACT 1989 - SECT 287

    (1)     An Authority (the first Authority ) that has a waterway management district may, subject to section 285, by notice in writing require—

        (a)     any council whose municipal district is wholly or partly within the area of the first Authority's waterway management district to which the special contribution applies; or

        (b)     any other Authority whose district is wholly or partly within the area of the first Authority's waterway management district to which the special contribution applies—

to make a special contribution to the first Authority's revenue for the purposes, related to that area, specified in the notice.

    (2)     The special contribution payable by a council or an Authority is calculated as follows—

where—

    S     is the amount of the special contribution;

    X     and Y have the same meanings as in section 286(2);

    A     is the amount to be spent by the first Authority in the area of the first Authority's waterway management district to which the special contribution applies.

    (3)     Section 286(4), (5), (6) and (7) applies to a special contribution with any necessary changes.

    (4)     An Authority must not spend the money received under this section for any purposes other than those specified in the notice.

Pt 13 Div. 10 (Heading and s. 287A) inserted by No. 99/2005 s. 65, substituted by No. 23/2019 s. 89.

Division 10—Salinity impact charges

S. 287A inserted by No. 99/2005 s. 65, substituted by No. 23/2019 s. 89.