34KGeneral provisions relating to contributions orders

34K General provisions relating to contributions orders

34K General provisions relating to contributions orders

(1) The Minister is to cause a copy of a contributions order to be served on the State water agencies or licensed distributors to which the order applies as soon as is reasonably practicable after the order is published in the Gazette.

(2) A failure to comply with subsection (1) does not affect the validity of a contributions order.

(3) Despite any other Act or law, a State water agency or licensed distributor to which a contributions order applies must pay into the Fund such amounts at such times as may be required by the order.

(4) An amount that is payable by a State water agency or licensed distributor under a contributions order may be recovered by the Minister as a debt in any court of competent jurisdiction for payment into the Fund.

s 34K: Ins 2005 No 18, Sch 1 [7]. Subst 2007 No 35, Sch 1 [3]. Am 2016 No 55, Sch 1.8 [2].