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Water Act 1989
36Application for bulk entitlement
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36 Application for bulk entitlement
(1) An Authority may apply to the Minister for the grant of a bulk entitlement to—
(a) water in a waterway (including the River Murray); or
S. 36(1)(c) amended by Nos 50/1992 s. 10(Sch. item 11.3), 121/1994 s. 188(c), 62/1995 s. 10(a), 99/2005 s. 15(a).
(c) water, other than recycled water, in any works of another Authority; or
S. 36(1)(d) inserted by No. 121/1994 s. 188(c), amended by No. 99/2005 s. 15(b), repealed by No. 85/2006 s. 22.
S. 36(1)(e) inserted by No. 121/1994 s. 188(c), amended by Nos 62/1995 s. 10(b), 86/1995 s. 5, 99/2005 s. 15(c), repealed by No. 23/2019 s. 105.
S. 36(1)(f) inserted by No. 62/1995 s. 10(b), amended by No. 99/2005 s. 15(d).
(f) any other water, other than recycled water, to which an Authority has access.
S. 36(2)(b) amended by No. 5/2002 s. 12,
repealed by No. 32/2010 s. 21.
(c) be accompanied by the prescribed application fee.
(3) The Minister must forward a copy of an application to—
(a) the Minister administering the **Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987**; and
(b) the Minister administering the **Planning and Environment Act 1987**; and
(c) any public statutory body which the Minister considers may be directly affected by the application.
(4) For the purposes of this section, ***waterway*** includes any collection of water which is from time to time replenished in whole or in part by water coming by a natural sub-surface path from a waterway.
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repealed by No. 32/2010 s. 22.