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Water Act 2000
sec.93General authorisations to take water
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### sec.93 General authorisations to take water
A person may do any of the following—
take water for a public purpose in an emergency situation;
take water for fighting a fire;
take water for undertaking routine testing of fire fighting equipment;
take water from a watercourse, lake or spring for camping purposes;
take water from a watercourse, lake or spring for watering travelling stock.
s 93 sub 2014 No. 64 ss 67 (1) , 68
amd 2018 No. 24 s 246
- (a) take water for a public purpose in an emergency situation;
- (b) take water for fighting a fire;
- (c) take water for undertaking routine testing of fire fighting equipment;
- (d) take water from a watercourse, lake or spring for camping purposes;
- (e) take water from a watercourse, lake or spring for watering travelling stock.