Irrigation Clauses Act 1973
56Moderation of rates and charges
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56 Moderation of rates and charges
[Section 56 Substituted by No. 45 of 1999, Sched. 6, Applied:01 Jan 2000]
(1) A person liable for rates or charges under this Act or [the special Act](# GS2@Gs1@Nd?@EN) may apply to the Minister to review the rates levied or the scale of charges used by the undertakers or an assessment made by them under this Part.
(2) The Minister may inquire into the matter and may, if he or she finds any impropriety or unreasonable excess, determine that such rates or charges or assessment be reduced or varied and provide for payment of the costs of the inquiry by the applicant or the undertakers.
(3) A determination made under this section may be registered in the Supreme Court and enforced as a judgment of the Court.
(4) So much of such a determination as relates to rates and charges or assessment is to, until it is discharged by the Minister, disentitle the undertakers to recover any greater amounts than those determined.