Statutory Authorities Act 1962

Where by any Act an authority is authorized or empowered in respect of any land – to make and levy a rate; to execute or perform any work at the cost of the owner or occupier; to render a service and demand payment therefor, which payment is charged on the land; or to recover from the owner or occupier any expenses incurred by the authority – upon, in relation to, or for the benefit of, the land, such rates, costs, payments, and expenses are subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section.

Rates, costs, payments, and expenses to which this subsection applies – shall be, by virtue of this Part if not otherwise, charged on the land in respect of which they become due; shall rank pari passu among themselves and with charges on the land under the Local Government Act 1993 in priority to all mortgages, charges, liens, and encumbrances whatsoever; and may be recovered by the authority under Divisions 10 and 11 of Part 9 of the Local Government Act 1993 as if it were a council.

Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section all proceedings instituted or commenced after the commencement of this Act for the recovery of any rates, costs, payments, or expenses recoverable under this section shall be taken and had in accordance with the provisions of this Act and not otherwise.

This section does not affect the operation of any enactment empowering an authority to sell any materials in relation to which any work has been done by it at the cost of the owner of the materials.