South Australian Consolidated Acts

SEWERAGE ACT 1929 - SECT 78A

78A—Sewerage charges before rates are payable

        (1)         The Minister may, after consultation with the Corporation, require the owner or occupier of land to pay charges for—

            (a)         the provision of drainage or sewerage services to the land; or

            (b)         the provision of other related services,

by means of a sewer that the Minister or the Corporation has laid down in a drainage area if, at the time that those services are provided, the owner or occupier of the land is not liable to pay for them by way of sewerage rates or pursuant to an agreement made, or deemed to have been made, with the Minister or the Corporation.

        (2)         In the exercise of powers under subsection (1), the Minister may, after consultation with the Corporation, impose—

            (a)         a charge determined according to the number of water closets on the land that drain into the sewer; or

            (b)         a fixed charge or a fixed minimum charge; or

            (c)         a charge determined on any other basis that the Minister thinks fit; or

            (d)         a combination of two or more of the foregoing charges.

        (3)         The Minister may publish the charges payable under this section in the Gazette.

        (4)         A charge payable under this section may be recovered in the same manner as sewerage rates.