46Power to make by-laws

46 Power to make by-laws

(1)  [Section 46 Subsection (1) amended by No. 45 of 1999, Sched. 6, Applied:01 Jan 2000] *[Section 46 Subsection (1) amended by No. 30 of 1995, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]*Where the undertakers have no power under the Local Government Act 1993 to make by-laws, they may with the approval of the Minister and the consent of the Governor make by-laws for the purposes of this Act or of the special Act .

(2)  By-laws made under this section shall be kept posted by the undertakers in some public place within the water district.

(3)  *[Section 46 Subsection (3) amended by No. 30 of 1995, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]*By-laws made under this section have, upon publication in the Gazette, the force of law within the limits of the special Act , and are enforceable in the same manner as by-laws made under the Local Government Act 1993 .

(4)  [Section 46 Subsection (4) inserted by No. 36 of 2023, s. 11, Applied:11 Dec 2023] If the undertakers have made a delegation under section 226E of the Water Management Act 1999 in relation to an irrigation district, the undertakers are not to refuse a reasonable request by the irrigation delegate, within the meaning of that Act, to whom the delegation relates, to amend a by-law made under the Local Government Act 1993 , this section or any other Act empowering the undertakers to make by-laws that applies to the irrigation district.