20Application for authority

#### 20 Application for authority 20 Application for authority > > (1) The occupiers of the whole of the lands supplied or proposed to be supplied with water obtained by means of a joint water supply scheme, and, where the land or lands on which the scheme is or is to be constructed is not in the occupation of one or more of those occupiers, the occupier of that land or, as the case may be, the occupiers of those lands, may apply to the Ministerial Corporation for an authority to construct and use the scheme and to take and use, for the purposes specified in the application, the water which may be conserved or obtained by the scheme. > > > (2) The application shall be in or to the effect of the prescribed form and shall be accompanied by the prescribed deposit as security for the cost of investigation and inquiry in connection with the application, and such deposit may be applied by the Ministerial Corporation in payment or part payment of the fee payable by the applicants in respect of the authority. > > > > In the event of the application being withdrawn or abandoned such deposit or any part thereof may in the discretion of the Ministerial Corporation be retained by it. > > > > The application shall also be accompanied by— > > > > > (a) particulars as to the means (by gravitation, pumping or otherwise) by which water is to be taken from the river or lake, and of any channel, flume, pipe, conduit or other work in which water is to be conveyed to the land of each applicant to whom it is proposed to supply water obtained by means of the joint water supply scheme, > > > > > (b) a plan showing the land occupied by each applicant, the location of the means by which water is to be taken from the river or lake, the location of any channel, flume, pipe, conduit or other work in which water is to be so conveyed, and the location of any bridge, culvert, syphon, check, regulator or other structure or work to be provided, and if the work is for the purpose of irrigation the location of the areas proposed to be irrigated within the land of each applicant to whom it is proposed to supply water obtained by means of the scheme, > > > > > (c) particulars of the purpose or purposes for which the water is to be used, > > > > > (d) if the work is for the purpose of irrigation particulars of the area proposed to be irrigated within the land of each applicant to whom it is proposed to supply water obtained by means of the scheme and of the total of such areas and particulars of the class or classes of crops proposed to be irrigated, > > > > > (e) particulars of the maximum rate at which water may be taken from the river or lake, > > > > > (f) particulars of the estimated quantity of water proposed to be taken annually, > > > > > (g) particulars of the quantities of water proposed to be delivered annually to the land of each applicant to whom it is proposed to supply water obtained by means of the scheme, the rates and times of such deliveries, and of any other matters affecting the apportionment of the water between the several applicants to whom it is proposed to supply water so obtained as may be appropriate, > > > > > (h) where the applicants or any two or more of the applicants have entered into an agreement, either between themselves or between themselves and any other person, in respect of the scheme, a copy of that agreement, > > > > > (i) particulars of any moneys paid or proposed to be paid to any person in respect of the supply of water and the occupancy or transfer of any land because of or in connection with the scheme, > > > > > (j) particulars of the proposals of the applicants in respect of the arrangements to be entered into between them for the provision, construction, operation, maintenance and renewal of the works and the provision and payment of money for those matters. > > > (2A) The prescribed deposit referred to in subsection (2) is not payable in the case of an initial authority in respect of an existing work. > > > (3) A reference in subsection (1) to an occupier of land includes a reference to a person who proposes to obtain the right to occupy that land. > > **s 20:** Subst 1924 No 4, sec 2 (e); 1946 No 35, sec 2 (1) (m). Am 1977 No 103, Sch 2 (18); 1983 No 142, Sch 2 (5); 1999 No 98, Sch 1 \[11\].