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Water Act 1989
88Abolition of water corporations
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88 Abolition of water corporations
(1) The Minister may, by determination, with the approval of the Treasurer, abolish a water corporation.
(2) The Minister must not make a determination under subsection (1) unless—
(a) a petition is delivered by a majority of the persons subject to a tariff within the water, sewerage, waterway management and irrigation districts (if any) of the water corporation to the Minister requesting the abolition of the water corporation; or
(b) the water corporation has no functions to perform.
S. 89 substituted by No. 85/2006 s. 54.