Irrigation Clauses Act 1973
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24 Domestic rights
[Section 24 Substituted by No. 30 of 2005, s. 15, Applied:11 Jul 2005]
(1) The undertakers may undertake to supply water for domestic purposes to any land within the water district.
(2) [Section 24 Subsection (2) amended by No. 52 of 2008, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2009] [Section 24 Subsection (2) substituted by No. 56 of 2008, s. 139, Applied:11 Feb 2009] Notwithstanding anything in this Act or the Water Management Act 1999 , the undertakers may grant, to any water entity that administers a water district under that Act or a regulated entity, within the meaning of the Water and Sewerage Industry Act 2008 , a right to take water for domestic purposes from a declared water supply channel.
(3) [Section 24 Subsection (3) inserted by No. 56 of 2008, s. 139, Applied:11 Feb 2009] However, nothing in this section is to be taken as requiring any water supply channel to be declared.
(4) [Section 24 Subsection (4) inserted by No. 56 of 2008, s. 139, Applied:11 Feb 2009] In this section –
declared means declared under section 192(1) of the Water Management Act 1999 .