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Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914
4Repealed by the *Water Resources Legislation Amendment Act 2007*.
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4 Repealed by the *Water Resources Legislation Amendment Act 2007*.
5 Marginal notes in the *Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914* referring to earlier Western Australian legislation and to legislation of other jurisdictions have been omitted from this compilation.
6 The *Water Resources Legislation Amendment Act 2007* Pt. 11 deals with certain transitional issues some of which may be relevant for this Act.
7 Section 48A and the Second Schedule were inserted by the *Limitation Act Amendment Act 1954* s. 8.
8 The Second Schedule was inserted by the *Metric Conversion Act Amendment Act 1973* s. 4.
9 The *Rights in Water and Irrigation Amendment Act 2000* Pt. 8 contains transitional provisions.
10 The *State Administrative Tribunal (Conferral of Jurisdiction) Amendment and Repeal Act 2004* Pt. 5, the *State Administrative Tribunal Act 2004* s. 167 and 169, and the *State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004* r. 28 and 42 deal with certain transitional issues some of which may be relevant for this Act.
11 The *State Administrative Tribunal Regulations 2004* r. 38 and 61 contain transitional provisions some of which may be relevant to this Act.
Defined terms
*[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]*
**Defined term Provision(s)**
an affected person Sch. 1 cl. 17(1)
artesian well 2(1)
Authority 26GZP(2)
bed 2(1)
benefiting licensee Sch. 1 cl. 17(2)
CEO 2(1)
commencement day 17A(1)
committee 26GK(1)
Crown land 2(1)
dam 17(8)
deceased holder Sch. 1 cl. 29A(1), Sch. 1 cl. 29A(2)
degradation 2(1)
Department 2(1)
dewatering 26O(3)
diminished 5B(2)
district 2(1)
former Authority 2(1)
former Minister 2(1)
Government agreement 26K(4)
instrument 26GZH
intensive conditions 21(4)
licence 26GG(1), Sch. 1 cl. 1
licensee Sch. 1 cl. 18(4)
local by‑laws 2(1), 26L(1)
meter Sch. 1 cl. 46(5)
non‑artesian well 2(1)
prescribed 2(1)
proclaimed area 26C(1)
public interest Sch. 1 cl. 1
Registrar Sch. 1 cl. 42(3)
regulations 2(1)
relevant day 9(2)
relevant water resources management committee 26GJ(2)
riparian land 20(1)
security interest 26GZH
spring 2(1)
statutory undertaker 26K(4)
take 2(1)
third party Sch. 1 cl. 19, Sch. 1 cl. 30(1)
underground water 2(1)
underground water source 2(1)
use and development 4(2)
water entitlement 26Q(3), Sch. 1 cl. 17(4), Sch. 1 cl. 28, Sch. 1 cl. 37
water resource 26GB, Sch. 1 cl. 12(4)
water resources 2(1)
Water Resources Council 2(1)
water services licence 26GZJ(3)
watercourse 2(1), 3(1), 4A
well 2(1)
wetland 2(1)