South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts144—Recovery of amounts due to council
(1) If a provision of
this or another Act provides that fees, charges, expenses or other amounts may
be recovered by a council from a person, or are payable to the council by a
person, the fees, charges, expenses or other amounts are recoverable as a debt
by action in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(2) If a fee, charge,
expense or other amount payable to a council relates to something done in
respect of rateable or other property, or is payable by a person as the owner
or occupier of rateable or other property within the area of the council, the
council may, after giving at least 14 days notice requiring payment of the
fee, charge, expense or other amount, recover the fee, charge, expense or
other amount as if it were a rate declared on the property at the time of the
notice requiring payment.
(3)
Subsection (2) does not apply to—
(a)
rates, charges, interest or fines recoverable under Chapter 10; or
(b)
fees, charges, expenses or other amounts of a prescribed kind.
(4) Unless otherwise
provided by another provision of this Act, or by another Act, or by the
regulations, a fee, charge, expense or other amount recoverable under
subsection (2) as a rate is not a charge on land.