Lakes Sorell and Crescent Conservation Act 1901
4Power to erect works and divert waters of Lake Sorell
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4 Power to erect works and divert waters of Lake Sorell
[Section 4 Amended by No. 36 of 1958, s. 4 and s. 5 and Sched. 3 ]
(1) It shall be lawful for the Minister to enter upon Lake Sorell, Lake Crescent, and the Rivers Interlaken and Clyde, and the beds and shores thereof, and to cause such works to be erected or established in the beds of such lakes and rivers, and on the shores or banks thereof, as shall be necessary to conserve or divert the waters thereof, and to divert and appropriate such quantity of the water of the said lakes and rivers, not exceeding 90 000 cubic yards every 24 hours, as shall be required for the purposes of the Midland Water Act 1898 , and to deliver such water to the Trustees of the Midland Water District at such point as the Minister may determine.
(2) It shall be lawful for the Minister to construct, repair, alter, and remove such channels, sluices, and other works as may be required to convey water directly from Lake Sorell or Lake Crescent to the River Clyde, as the Minister may deem necessary.
(3) The Minister shall not be entitled to divert and appropriate any water from Lake Sorell or Lake Crescent, except as hereinafter provided, before the Trustees of the River Clyde shall have taken or have available to them a daily supply of 100 000 cubic yards of water from the waters in Lake Sorell or Lake Crescent, for the purposes of the Clyde Water Act 1898 , such supply to pass through a meter or other contrivance for the measurement of the flow of water fixed at the outlet from Lake Sorell.
(4) If the Minister at any time excavates or constructs any channel, sluice, or other works to convey water directly from Lake Sorell or Lake Crescent to the River Clyde, he shall erect another meter or other contrivance for the measurement of the flow of water at the intake of such channel, sluice, or other works from Lake Sorell or Lake Crescent; but the Minister shall not take from Lake Sorell or Lake Crescent, along such channel, sluice, or other work as aforesaid, a quantity exceeding 100 000 cubic yards every 24 hours, for the purposes of the Clyde Water Act 1898 .