46Rates on land within declared drainage areas charge on land

46 Rates on land within declared drainage areas charge on land

46 Rates on land within declared drainage areas charge on land

(1) In this section, drainage area means an area of land declared by an order of the Governor to be a drainage area for the purposes of this section.

(2) An order in force under section 28 (3) of the Hunter Water Board Act 1988 (as in force immediately before the commencement of section 8) declaring an area of land to be a drainage area is taken to be an order for the purposes of this section.

(3) The Corporation may and, if so required by the operating licence must, make and levy rates on the owners of land within a drainage area located in the area of operations.

(4) A rate levied under this section may be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction as if it were a debt due to the Corporation.

(5) Despite section 42, a rate levied under this section is a charge on the land to which the rate relates.

(6) The provisions of this section have effect despite anything contained in section 42 of the Real Property Act 1900.

s 46: Am 2009 No 17, Sch 3.10 [3].