WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 1013B Non-payment of fees or charges

WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 1013B

1013B Non-payment of fees or charges

(1) Subsection (2) applies if all or part of a fee or charge payable to the chief executive under a regulation made under this Act remains unpaid for 20 business days after the day stated in the regulation for payment of the fee or charge.

(2) The chief executive may give the person who is liable to pay the fee or charge a written notice—

(a) stating the period to which the fee or charge relates; and

(b) stating the amount, including any late fee, owing at the date of the notice; and

(c) requiring the person—

(i) to pay the amount owing; or

(ii) to make arrangements, satisfactory to the chief executive, for payment of the amount owing; and

(d) prohibiting the taking of water under the authority under this Act to take water to which the fee or charge relates until payment or arrangements are made under paragraph (c) .

(3) However—

(a) an authority mentioned in subsection (2) (d) does not include an authority under chapter 2 , part 3 , division 1 ; and

(b) subsection (2) (d) does not apply if the holder of the authority is a service provider; and

(c) a prohibition under subsection (2) (d) must not apply to taking the minimum volume of water, that may be stated in the notice, necessary for stock or domestic purposes.

(4) A person must not take water in contravention of the notice.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty for subsection (4) —1,665 penalty units.