16ETransitional supply of certain water entitlements

16E Transitional supply of certain water entitlements

[Section 16E Inserted by No. 17 of 2011, s. 4, Applied:06 Jul 2011] Until an order under section 16D(2) takes effect in respect of an entitlement holder –

(a) the amount of water that the HEC must make available to the entitlement holder under section 16B(1) is the same amount as it was obliged to make available to the entitlement holder under section 16(1) of this Act immediately before the 2011 transition day; and

(b) the entitlement holder is taken to hold an authorisation, under the Irrigation Clauses Act 1973 or Water Management Act 1999 , to take the water so made available.