Evidentiary provision, fees under Part 13
39 Evidentiary provision, fees under Part 13
If, in any proceedings under this Act or regulations or by-laws made under this Act, the amount of water supplied to a property from a water system during the fee period, is relevant, evidence may be given of the amount of water computed by the Authority having regard to—
any quantity of water supplied to the property concerned before the appointed day; and
the total amount of water recorded by a water meter as having been supplied or delivered to that property in that period, both before the appointed day and after the appointed day—
and that evidence, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, is proof of the amount of water supplied or delivered to the property.
In this section, fee period, in relation to a prior water right, means the period for which a fee is imposed in respect of a property that has water supplied or delivered to it under the prior right and in which the appointed day for the water system from which the water is so supplied or delivered occurs.
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