192Watercourses as water supply channels

192 Watercourses as water supply channels

(1)  The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, declare a specified part of a watercourse to be a water supply channel for a specified water supply district or irrigation district.

(1AA)  [Section 192 Subsection (1AA) inserted by No. 56 of 2008, s. 90, Applied:11 Feb 2009] The order is not a statutory rule.

(1A)  [Section 192 Subsection (1A) inserted by No. 30 of 2005, s. 10, Applied:11 Jul 2005] The declaration of a water supply channel may be made subject to any conditions that the Minister thinks fit to further the objectives of this Act.

(2)  [Section 192 Subsection (2) amended by No. 30 of 2005, s. 10, Applied:11 Jul 2005] On the making of the order, the specified part of a watercourse is taken to be a water supply district or irrigation district, as the case may be.

(3)  If the declaration relates to a watercourse in a hydro-electric district, it may be made only with the agreement of the relevant electricity entity which agreement –

(a) may not be unreasonably withheld; and

(b) may be subject to reasonable conditions imposed by the electricity entity.

(4)  If the agreement is subject to any such conditions, the Minister must include those conditions in the order made under subsection (1) .

(5)  [Section 192 Subsection (5) amended by No. 56 of 2008, s. 90, Applied:11 Feb 2009] [Section 192 Subsection (5) amended by No. 56 of 2008, s. 90, Applied:11 Feb 2009] The order may provide that any authorisation, or any water allocation of a licence, under which water may be taken out of the specified part of the watercourse –

(a) ceases to have effect and, if the Minister so directs, is to be replaced by arrangements for the supply of water by a water entity; or