188Revocation of appointment of district

188 Revocation of appointment of district

(1)  On application by a responsible water entity or where the Minister is satisfied that the continuation of a water district is not appropriate for the purpose for which the district was appointed, the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, revoke the appointment of the district.

(1A)  [Section 188 Subsection (1A) inserted by No. 56 of 2008, s. 89, Applied:11 Feb 2009] The notice is not a statutory rule.

(2)  Where a responsible water entity is an electricity entity, the Minister may not exercise his or her powers under subsection (1) except with the consent of the electricity entity or on payment of compensation as provided by section 178 .

(3)  On the revocation, the responsible water entity must, as may be agreed with the Minister, sell or otherwise dispose of its works used in the administration of the district or, failing agreement, within 90 days after the revocation, sell or otherwise dispose of those works as the Minister may direct.

(4)  For the purposes of subsection (3) , the Minister must have regard to the objectives of this Act, the purpose for which the district was appointed, the source of all funds contributed to the water entity and any representations from the water entity or from owners or occupiers of land in the water district.

(5)  On the revocation, the Minister may recover from the water entity in any court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the Crown any expense actually and reasonably incurred by the Minister in making the revocation.