(1) On the completion of a work constructed under the preceding section, the
Ministerial Corporation may direct the Secretary to assess the charges to be
paid by each occupier of land within the district notified as aforesaid.
(2)
Such charges shall not exceed the yearly value to each occupier of the direct
benefit accruing to the occupier's land from the construction of the well and
from the supply to the said land of water from the well, deduction being made
for the probable cost of the maintenance of the channels and works as
hereinafter provided.
(3) The total of such charges shall not exceed six per
centum of the cost to the Crown of the construction of the work.
(4) On the
petition of persons liable in the aggregate to pay one-quarter of the total
amount of the charges, or at the request of the Ministerial Corporation, the
Secretary shall make a fresh assessment of the charges to be paid.
