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Stock Route Management Act 2002
sec.163Water facility agreements
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### sec.163 Water facility agreements
The chief executive, a local government and a landowner may enter into an agreement (a water facility agreement ) about any of the following—
supplying water to the land from a water facility under the local government’s control;
supplying water to the stock route network from a water facility owned by the landowner;
watering travelling stock at the owner’s water facilities;
maintaining water facilities under the local government’s control;
constructing or maintaining water facilities on the network or on the owner’s land;
allowing access to the owner’s land for any purpose mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e) .
The water facility agreement must—
state who owns the water facility and who is responsible for its control, maintenance and management; and
state the fee, if any, payable under the agreement; and
provide for termination by a party to the agreement giving the other parties a stated period of written notice of termination.
s 163 amd 2004 No. 33 s 15
(sec.163-ssec.1) The chief executive, a local government and a landowner may enter into an agreement (a water facility agreement ) about any of the following— supplying water to the land from a water facility under the local government’s control; supplying water to the stock route network from a water facility owned by the landowner; watering travelling stock at the owner’s water facilities; maintaining water facilities under the local government’s control; constructing or maintaining water facilities on the network or on the owner’s land; allowing access to the owner’s land for any purpose mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e) .
(sec.163-ssec.2) The water facility agreement must— state who owns the water facility and who is responsible for its control, maintenance and management; and state the fee, if any, payable under the agreement; and provide for termination by a party to the agreement giving the other parties a stated period of written notice of termination.
- (a) supplying water to the land from a water facility under the local government’s control;
- (b) supplying water to the stock route network from a water facility owned by the landowner;
- (c) watering travelling stock at the owner’s water facilities;
- (d) maintaining water facilities under the local government’s control;
- (e) constructing or maintaining water facilities on the network or on the owner’s land;
- (f) allowing access to the owner’s land for any purpose mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e) .
- (a) state who owns the water facility and who is responsible for its control, maintenance and management; and
- (b) state the fee, if any, payable under the agreement; and
- (c) provide for termination by a party to the agreement giving the other parties a stated period of written notice of termination.