Ground Water (Qualco-Sunlands) Control Regulations 2018 (SA)

South Australia Ground Water (Qualco-Sunlands) Control Regulations 2018 under the Ground Water (Qualco-Sunlands) Control Act 2000

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Interpretation Part 2—Sharing costs of Scheme 4 Determination of notional cost 5 Sharing costs of Scheme 6 Liability for unauthorised use of water Part 3—Categories of land 7 Categories of land Part 4—Irrigation declaration 8 Irrigation declaration 9 Risk management allocations attached to highest risk land Legislative history

Part 1—Preliminary 1—Short title These regulations may be cited as the Ground Water (Qualco-Sunlands) Control Regulations 2018. 2—Commencement These regulations come into operation on the day on which they are made. 3—Interpretation In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears— Act means the Ground Water (Qualco-Sunlands) Control Act 2000; notional maintenance costs for a contribution year means the amount determined by the Trust under regulation 4 in respect of that year; perched water table means the water table of the accumulation of underground water above the layer of Blanchetown Clay in the Scheme Area.

Part 2—Sharing costs of Scheme 4—Determination of notional cost The Trust must determine in respect of each contribution year an amount (which is to be a notional amount for the purposes of this Part) that in its opinion will be required to cover the cost of pumping sufficient water into the disposal basins to prevent any increase in the volume of the ground water mound and the underground water above the layer of Blanchetown Clay in the Scheme Area during that year. 5—Sharing costs of Scheme The notional maintenance costs for a contribution year are shared between the owners and occupiers of the category 1 land in proportion to the risk management allocations attached to their respective land at the commencement of that year. 6—Liability for unauthorised use of water If the use of water to irrigate land in a water usage year was unauthorised (see section 50 of the Act) the owner and occupier of the land on which the water was used are liable to pay an amount calculated according to the following formula: