This legislation has been repealed.
TABLE OF PROVISIONS Long Title PART 1--Preliminary 1. Short title 5. Interpretation PART 2--Constitution of the trust 6. Continuance of trust 7. Common seal 8. District of the trust 9. Purposes of trust PART 3--Members, auditors, and elections Division 1--Members 10. Members 11. Qualification of members of trust 12. Qualified persons compellable to serve 13. Vacancies 14. Annual retirement of members 15. Chairman not to draw lots 16. Retiring members to hold office until successors appointed 17. Lots to be before notice of nomination 18. Procedure on failure of members to draw lots 19. Vacancies existing at the annual election 20. Retiring member eligible for re-election 21. Chairman's and members' fees Division 2--Auditors 22. Election and retirement of auditors 23. Qualification of auditors 24. Vacancies in the office of auditor 25. Auditing accounts 26. Balance-sheet to be sent to owners and occupiers 27. Persons to be present at auditing accounts Division 3--Elections 28. Returning officer 29. Day of nomination 30. Form of nomination, and time for lodging 31. Proceedings on day of nomination 32. Notices of adjournment to be given 33. Procedure on failure of annual election and on extraordinary vacancy 34. Proceedings on supplementary election 35. Notices of adjournment 36. Proceedings in case of failure or avoidance of supplementary election 37. Retirement of persons elected to fill extraordinary vacancies 38. Notice of election 39. Procedure where trust fails to hold election PART 4--Management of the trust 40. Trust office 41. Election of chairman 42. Secretary 43. Annual meeting 44. Ordinary and special meetings 45. Special meetings 46. Notice of meeting 47. Quorum 48. Chairman 49. Business of trust to be carried on notwithstanding vacancy 50. Proceedings of trust valid notwithstanding defect of appointment etc 51. Inability of secretary etc to perform duties 52. Business falling on Sunday etc 53. Resolutions, how revoked or altered 54. Committees 55. Power to delegate powers to chairman 56. Minutes of meetings 57. Minute books and certified extracts therefrom evidence PART 5--General powers of the trust 58. Effect of this Act on water rights and correlative obligations 59. Distribution of water by trust 60. Trust may lay pipes for supply to townships 61. Limitation on supply of water to persons other than ratepayers 62. Property in water 63. Irrigation works not taxable 64. Supply of water to persons otherwise not entitled thereto 65. Power of trust to expend moneys for certain purposes 65A. Power to declare non-ratable land 65B. Payments before supplying of water to new land 65C. Power of trust to order method of irrigation 65D. Power of trust to order drainage 65E. Power to construct embankments 66. Procedure on subdivision of land 67. Modes in which trust may make, vary, and discharge contracts 68. Power to compound claims 69. Power to contract with other bodies or persons in certain cases 70. Power to let, manage, and improve property 71. Power to establish superannuation funds etc 72A. Control of subdivision of irrigated land 72B. Power of Trust to acquire land 72C. General powers of trust 72D. Power of trust to construct drains across roads 73. By-laws 74. No by-law to be repugnant to any laws in force 75. By-law not to exempt from proceedings for nuisance 76. Approval of regulations and by-laws 77. Minister may amend or revoke regulations and by-laws PART 6--Assessments 78. Assessment-book 79. New assessment to be made by assessors 80. Power to adopt previous assessment 81. Persons may have their names removed on change of ownership or occupation 82. Insertion of names in assessment 83. Power to rectify assessment-book 84. Notice of assessment 85. Appeal against assessment 86. Hearing of appeals 87. Time for appealing 88. Production of assessment book 89. Appeals from decision of trust 90. Costs of appeal PART 7--Rates 91. Rates 92. Declaration of water supply rates 93. Drainage rate 94. Special rate 95. Determination of amount to be raised by rate 96. Determination of area for rating purposes 96A. Record of rates payable and to be paid 97. Receipt and payment of money 98. Person liable to pay rates 99. Twenty-one days' notice to be given before recovery of rates 100. Interest in default of payment of rate 101. Liability of persons appearing in assessment book as owners 102. Rates, how recoverable 103. Procedure when rates in arrear 104. Power to let land for payment of rates 105. Power of sale 106. Transfer to have effect as ordered 107. Properties comprised in different assessments may be included in one application 108. Previous sales validated 109. Notice of application a condition precedent 110. After once offered for sale and unsold, lands may be sold privately 111. Application of proceeds 112. Transfer to purchaser 113. Clerk of local court may act as auctioneer 114. Power to lease property for arrears of rates PART 9--Loans 122. Power to borrow 123. Provision for grant of loans to trust 123A. Provision for further grant and loans to trust 123B. Provision for further grant for irrigation works and drainage 123BA. Loan for irrigation and water drainage 123BB. Loan for domestic water supply 123BC. Appropriation 123BD. Loan and grant for various purposes 123C. Arrangements for payments to trust 123D. Trust to keep special account 124A. Payment to trust on subdivision of ratable land PART 10--Sale and leasing of land Division 1--Renmark Allotment Board 125. Constitution and appointment of allotment board 126. Nomination of members of board 127. Appointment without nomination on failure to nominate 128. Casual vacancies Division 2--Proceedings and functions of board 129. Defects in appointment not to invalidate proceedings of board 130. Meetings of board 131. Quorum 132. Chairman 133. Who to preside at meetings 134. Member not to sit at meeting to consider application by himself or his partner or relative 135. Allotment in contravention of section 134 void 136. Powers and duties of board 137. Power to require evidence to be upon oath 138. Power to administer oath or affirmation 139. Punishment for perjury before the board Division 3--Certain land vested in the trust 140. Certain land vested in trust in fee simple 141. Land to be offered for sale Division 4--Trust may grant leases of certain land 142. Certain land may be leased by trust Division 5--Allotments of lands by trust 143. Notice of lands offered 144. Simultaneous applications 145. How simultaneous applications to be dealt with 146. Other things being equal, Renmark settler to be preferred 147. Board to report, and successful applicants to be gazetted 148. Power to offer lands not taken Division 6--Terms and conditions of agreements and leases 149. Agreement to purchase 150. Agreement liable to forfeiture 151. Terms and conditions of lease PART 11--Ratepayers' meetings, elections, and polls 152. Ratepayers' meetings 153. General provision for voting at ratepayers' meetings 154. General provisions for voting at elections and polls 155. Payment of rates before voting 156. Powers of returning officer 157. What shall be deemed acts of bribery and corruption 158. Any of the above acts to disqualify 159. Principals bound by acts of their agents 160. Acts of bribery and corruption by person not being the authorised agent 161. Penalty on persons receiving or offering reward for voting or withholding vote 162. No action against candidate for costs or expenses of election 163. Provision in the event of impediments of a formal nature PART 12--Miscellaneous 164. Limitation of liability to make compensation 165. Compensation determined by Land and Valuation Court 166. Procedure and powers of court 168. Incomplete works 169. Principles in awarding compensation 170. One sum may be awarded for all interest affected 171. Trust not liable for accidental failure of supply 172. Free passage to be given to supply water 173. Penalty for illegally diverting water 174. Penalty for destruction of works 175. Penalty for unlawful injury of property 175A. Private works 175B. Connection of private drains 176. Penalty for unlawfully taking water 177. Notification of waters required to be kept free 178. Penalty for nuisance in irrigation area 179. Disqualified person acting as member or auditor 180. Disqualified person to give notice of disqualification 181. Person elected member refusing to act 182. Person elected as member and failing to defend his title to the office 183. Penalty on minors voting at elections or acting as members 184. Shareholder in company which is interested, voting 185. Penalty for obstructing trust, officers etc 186. Persons examined on oath etc making false statement 187. Forgery 188. Persons publishing false statements in Gazette 189. Non-performance of provisions of this Act 190. Penalty for offence against this Act 191. Power to remit fines 192. Conviction not to bar action 193. Service of notices and demands 194. Penalties exclusive of other damages 195. Service of notices and legal proceedings 196. Authentication of documents by the trust 197. Representation of trust in cases of bankruptcy 198. Representation of trust before justices and in local court 199. Reimbursement of officer 200. Powers of entry by officers of trust 201. No writ of quo warranto allowed to try title to any office 202. No mandamus to issue from Supreme Court 203. Proceedings for trying title of member etc 204. Jurisdiction of court 205. Procedure on non-compliance with order 206. Time within which proceedings may be taken 207. Complaints 208. Magistrate not disqualified because a ratepayer 209. Recovery of penalties 211. Prosecution of officers 212. Actions against members 213. Gazette evidence of appointments and elections notified therein 214. Gazette evidence of resolution of trust notified therein 215. Gazette conclusive evidence of proclamation and prima facie evidence of facts stated therein 216. Assessment book and certified copies of or extracts therefrom made evidence 217. Notice of declaration of rate conclusive evidence 218. Ratepayers entitled to signed copy of by-laws on payment of one dollar 219. By-laws, minutes, contracts etc or certified copies, evidence 220. Saving of rules of evidence 221. Limitation of liability of trustee, agent, or attorney 222. Declarations 223. Advertisements to be paid for by trust 224. Preservation of rights 224A. Power to include portions of district in water districts under Waterworks Act 225. Commonage for municipality of Renmark 225A. Power to grant channel land to trust 226. Validation of certain order, proclamation, and leases and agreements for sale and purchase SCHEDULE 2 SCHEDULE 4 SCHEDULE 5 SCHEDULE 8 SCHEDULE 9--Notice to owners etc Legislative history