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Water Act 1992
88AMinister may issue action notice
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88A Minister may issue action notice
(1) The Minister may issue a notice (an action notice) to an owner or
occupier of land if the Minister believes on reasonable grounds that
it is reasonably necessary or expedient for the owner or occupier to
take an action mentioned in subsection (2) to enable any of the
(a) the performance of the Minister's functions in relation to the
investigation, use, control, protection or management of water
on, under or adjacent to the land specified in the notice;
(b) the administration of the rights of the Territory under section 9
in relation to water on, under or adjacent to the land specified
in the notice.
(2) An action notice may require the owner or occupier of land to do
any of the following:
(a) carry out or stop carrying out an activity on the land specified
in the notice;
(b) construct or remove works on the land specified in the notice;
(c) take any other reasonable action in relation to the land that is
required for the purpose for which the action notice is issued.
(3) An action notice must:
(a) be in writing; and
(b) specify the action the Minister requires the owner or occupier
to take; and
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(c) specify the time within which the owner or occupier must take
the action, which must be reasonable.