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Water Act 2000
sec.717Recovering water authority’s establishment costs
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### sec.717 Recovering water authority’s establishment costs
The State may recover from a water authority the costs incurred by the State for the following—
designing the works stated in the authority’s establishment proposal as works the authority proposes to build;
conducting site investigations for the works;
publishing notice of the authority’s proposed establishment under section 552 .
However, the State may recover the costs mentioned in subsection (1) (a) and (b) only if the establishment proposal for the authority states—
the amount of the costs; and
that the State may recover the costs from the authority.
(sec.717-ssec.1) The State may recover from a water authority the costs incurred by the State for the following— designing the works stated in the authority’s establishment proposal as works the authority proposes to build; conducting site investigations for the works; publishing notice of the authority’s proposed establishment under section 552 .
(sec.717-ssec.2) However, the State may recover the costs mentioned in subsection (1) (a) and (b) only if the establishment proposal for the authority states— the amount of the costs; and that the State may recover the costs from the authority.
- (a) designing the works stated in the authority’s establishment proposal as works the authority proposes to build;
- (b) conducting site investigations for the works;
- (c) publishing notice of the authority’s proposed establishment under section 552 .
- (a) the amount of the costs; and
- (b) that the State may recover the costs from the authority.