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Water Industry Competition Act 2006
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#### 64 Ownership of water industry infrastructure
64 Ownership of water industry infrastructure
> > (1) Except where another Act expressly provides otherwise, water industry infrastructure is owned by the person that constructs or installs it, or on whose behalf it is constructed or installed, or any person that subsequently acquires title to it, whether or not the land in, on, under or over which it is situated is owned by that person.
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> > Note.
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> > Examples of provisions of other Acts that expressly provide for the ownership of water industry infrastructure by certain public water utilities include the following—
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> > > (a) section 19 of the [Hunter Water Act 1991](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1991-053),
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> > > (b) section 37 of the [Sydney Water Act 1994](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1994-088),
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> > > (c) section 29 of the [Water NSW Act 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2014-074).
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> > (2) (Repealed)
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> > (3) The provisions of this section have effect despite anything contained in section 42 of the [Real Property Act 1900](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1900-025).
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> **s 64:** Am 2009 No 17, Sch 3.21; 2011 No 66, Sch 1 \[21\]; 2014 No 74, Sch 3.42 \[1\]; 2021 No 26, Sch 1\[26\] \[27\].