South Australian Consolidated Regulations South Australian Consolidated Regulations29—Exemption in relation to the Tintinara Coonalpyn Prescribed Wells
Area—2004/2005
(1) Subject to
subregulation (2), a person who is the holder of a licence that—
(a) has
been granted in respect of a well in the prescribed area; and
(b) is
endorsed with a water (taking) allocation for irrigation purposes,
is exempt from section 124 to the extent that the levy declared for the
2004/2005 financial year in relation to the licence is based on the right to
take water for irrigation purposes under the licence.
(2) An exemption under
subregulation (1) is subject to the following conditions:
(a) that
the holder of the licence pay to the Minister an amount calculated as follows:
A = WA (LR + SL)
where
"A" is the amount to be paid
"WA" is the amount of water (expressed in megalitres) allocated to the person
for irrigation purposes under the licence for the 2004/2005 financial year
"LR" is the relevant levy rate (per megalitre) that applies under
Column C of Table 1
"SL" is—
(i)
if the water allocation is from the Tolmer Management
Area (Confined Aquifer)—$1.50 per megalitre of allocation;
(ii)
if the water allocation is from any other area—nil,
and if the holder of the licence has an allocation that will relate to more
than one crop during the 2004/2005 financial year (as determined by the
Minister for the purposes of making the allocation), then there will be an
amount payable with respect to each of the relevant circumstances that apply
under Table 1;
(b) that
any amount payable under paragraph (a) be paid by the holder of the
licence to the Minister by a date and in a manner specified by the Minister by
a notice served on the holder of the licence after the commencement of the
2004/2005 financial year.
(3) In this
regulation—
"megalitre" means 1 000 kilolitres;
"prescribed area" means the Tintinara Coonalpyn Prescribed Wells Area (see the
Water Resources (Tintinara Coonalypn Prescribed Wells
Area) Regulations 2000 ).
Table 1—2004/2005 levy rate for irrigation allocation
1 D indicates a drip irrigation system
C indicates a centre pivot irrigation system
F indicates a flood irrigation system
FR indicates a furrow irrigation system
S indicates a sprinkler irrigation system
T indicates a travelling irrigation system
2 ML represents megalitres
3 mg/L represents milligrams per litre, a measure
of salinity