26Supply of water for other purposes

26 Supply of water for other purposes

(1)  [Section 26 Subsection (1) amended by No. 36 of 2023, s. 9, Applied:11 Dec 2023] The undertakers may, if they have water available after all demands for domestic supplies and for irrigation or industrial use have been met, undertake to supply water–

(a) to ships in a port within the water district;

(b) to the corporation–

(i) for cleansing sewers and drains therein;

(ii) for cleansing and watering streets therein; or

(iii) for supplying public pumps, baths, or wash-houses established or maintained therein by the corporation for the use of the inhabitants thereof;

(c) [Section 26 Subsection (1) amended by No. 45 of 1999, Sched. 6, Applied:01 Jan 2000] to any land belonging to, or occupied by or on behalf of, the Crown or the Commonwealth; or

(d) [Section 26 Subsection (1) amended by No. 45 of 1999, Sched. 6, Applied:01 Jan 2000] to land outside the water district; or

(e) for carting away.

(2)  [Section 26 Subsection (2) amended by No. 45 of 1999, Sched. 6, Applied:01 Jan 2000] Rates, quantities, terms, and conditions of supplies for the purposes of subsection (1) (b) shall be as agreed on between the corporation and the undertakers or, in case of disagreement, as may be settled by the Minister.

(3)  [Section 26 Subsection (3) substituted by No. 45 of 1999, Sched. 6, Applied:01 Jan 2000] Any water supplied for the purposes of subsection (1) (c) or (d) is to be supplied upon such terms as may be mutually agreed and, in the case of the supply of water to land situated outside the water district, the undertakers have the same powers of opening and breaking up highways, and of making, laying down and placing channels and other works for supplying that land with water, and the same duties in respect of their works as if that land were within the water district.