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WATERWORKS (SAVE THE RIVER MURRAY LEVY) AMENDMENT BILL 2003

[BIL166-A.HAA]

House of Assembly No. 157

[As laid on the table and read a first time, 29 May 2003]

South Australia

[Prepared by the Parliamentary Counsel]

WATERWORKS (SAVE THE RIVER MURRAY LEVY) AMENDMENT BILL 2003

A Bill For

An Act to amend the Waterworks Act 1932.

[OPC-99]


Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1.Short title

2.Commencement

3.Amendment provisions

Part 2—Amendment of Waterworks Act 1932

4.Amendment of section 65B—Composition of rates

5.Insertion of section 65CA

65CA.Save the River Murray levy

6.Amendment of section 86A—Liability for rates in strata scheme

7.Insertion of Part 6

Part 6—Save the River Murray Fund

100.Save the River Murray Fund


The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:


Part 1—Preliminary

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Waterworks (Save the River Murray Levy) Amendment Act 2003.

Commencement

2. This Act will come into operation on 1 October 2003.

Amendment provisions

3. In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Waterworks Act 1932

Amendment of section 65B—Composition of rates

4. Section 65B(1)—after paragraph (b) insert:

(c)the Save the River Murray levy.

Insertion of section 65CA

5. After section 65C insert:

Save the River Murray levy

65CA. (1) The Save the River Murray levy is—

(a)for category 1 land—$30 (indexed) for each financial year;

(b)for category 2 land—$135 (indexed) for each financial year.

Category 1 land is residential land and land of any other class declared under subsection (4) to be category 1 land.

Category 2 land is any other land.

(2) A proportionate amount of the levy is payable for each quarter.

Note—

As the levy will not come into operation until the second quarter of the 2003-2004 financial year, it follows that the amount of the levy for that financial year will be only three-quarters of the amount referable to a full financial year.

(3) The amount of the levy is to be adjusted (to the nearest 20 cents) for each financial year commencing after this section comes into operation by multiplying the relevant amount fixed in subsection (1) by a multiplier obtained by dividing the Consumer Price Index (All Groups Index for Adelaide) for the March quarter in the calendar year in which the relevant financial year commences by the Consumer Price Index (All Groups Index for Adelaide) for the March quarter 2003.


(4) The Minister may—

(a)declare specified non-residential land or a particular class of non-residential land to be category 1 land; or

(b)exclude specified land or land of a specified class from the application of the levy; or

(c)vary or revoke a previous declaration or exclusion under this subsection.

(5) The Minister is to exercise the powers conferred by subsection (4)—

(a)by notice in the Gazette; or

(b)in the case of a declaration or exclusion related to specified land (or the variation or exclusion of such a declaration or exclusion)—either by notice in the Gazette or by instrument in writing.

A declaration or exclusion (or the variation or revocation of a declaration or exclusion) is to take effect from the commencement of a particular financial year or a particular quarter (to be specified in the relevant notice or instrument). Where the declaration or exclusion (or its variation or revocation) is made by notice in the Gazette, the notice must be published before the date on which it is to take effect. An instrument related to specified land may operate retrospectively from a specified date (but not from a date falling before the commencement of the financial year in which the instrument is made).

(6) A person entitled to a remission of rates under the Rates and Land Tax Remission Act 1986 is exempt from the Save the River Murray levy.

Amendment of section 86A—Liability for rates in strata scheme

6. Section 86A(1)(a)—after "supply charge" insert:

and the Save the River Murray levy

Insertion of Part 6

7. After Part 5 insert:

Part 6—Save the River Murray Fund

Save the River Murray Fund

100. (1) The Save the River Murray Fund is established.

(2) The Fund will be held by the Minister.

(3) The component of rates paid to the Corporation under this Act attributable to the Save the River Murray levy will be paid by the Corporation into the Consolidated Account.

(4) The revenue paid into the Consolidated Account under this section is to be paid by the Treasurer into the Fund (and the Consolidated Account is appropriated by this section to the necessary extent).


(5) The money paid into the Fund under this section will from time to time be applied by the Minister towards—

(a)programs and measures to—

(i)improve and promote the environmental health of the River Murray; or

(ii)ensure the adequacy, security and quality of the State's water supply from the River Murray; and

(b)payment of the State's contributions to the Murray-Darling Basin Commission.

(6) In this section—

"Minister" means the Minister to whom the administration of the Murray-Darling Basin Act 1993 is for the time being committed.

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