Water Management Act 1999
166Application of Division to water entities
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166 Application of Division to water entities
(1) This Division applies to –
(a) a council if it is proposed to appoint the whole or a part of its municipal area as a water district other than a water supply district; and
(b) a water entity that owns or occupies land in a proposed water district; and
(c) [Section 166 Subsection (1) amended by No. 49 of 2002, s. 35, Applied:01 Mar 2003] a body corporate that is incorporated under the Corporations Act if at least one-third of the members of the body corporate own or occupy land in a proposed water district; and
(ca) [Section 166 Subsection (1) amended by No. 49 of 2002, s. 35, Applied:01 Mar 2003] [Section 166 Subsection (1) amended by No. 12 of 2004, s. 44, Applied:09 Jun 2004] [Section 166 Subsection (1) amended by No. 12 of 2004, s. 44, Applied:09 Jun 2004] a trust established under Part 10 or a body that is registered under the Cooperatives Act 1999 if at least one-third of the members of the trust or body own or occupy land in a proposed water district; and
(d) an electricity entity; and
(e) [Section 166 Subsection (1) amended by No. 52 of 2008, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2009] a water entity that is declared by the Minister, by notice published in the Gazette, to be a water entity to which this Division applies; and
(f) [Section 166 Subsection (1) amended by No. 52 of 2008, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2009] [Section 166 Subsection (1) amended by No. 51 of 2012, Sched. 2, Applied:01 Jul 2013] the Corporation within the meaning of the Water and Sewerage Corporation Act 2012 .