15Entitlement to compensation

15 Entitlement to compensation

(1)  An owner or occupier of land on, or in the valley of, the Huon River who suffers loss from an increase in the salinity of the waters of the Huon River or of the underground waters affected by it because the river's flow has been diminished by –

(a) works for the conservation of its waters that were carried out under the Hydro-Electric Commission (Power Development) Act 1967 ; or

(b) the use or management of those works –

is entitled to compensation for the loss from the HEC.

(2)  The compensation is to be assessed on the same basis as compensation under the Land Acquisition Act 1993 .