South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts5—Council to pay amounts to Crown
(1) An amount equal to
the aggregate of the amounts payable to the Crown under section 4 in
respect of a relevant period must be paid by the Council to the Crown on or
before 31 January in the year immediately following the end of that
relevant period (without deduction for costs incurred by the Council in
collecting amounts from the owners of relevant allotments under this Part or
in otherwise complying with the requirements of this Part).
(2) However, if the
Council fails to make a full payment under subsection (1) in a particular
year as a consequence of owners of relevant allotments failing to make
appropriate payments under section 4 for the relevant period, the
Minister must not institute proceedings against the Council to recover the
amount of the deficiency until after the fourth anniversary of the 31 January
by which payment was due.
(3) The Council is
entitled to recover any amount that the owner of a relevant allotment has
failed to pay in accordance with the requirements of section 4 in respect
of a relevant period and such an amount is a charge on the land in relation to
which the amount is payable and may be recovered by the Council as if the
amount were unpaid rates in arrears under the Local Government Act 1934 .