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Water Management Act 1999
226BDeclaration of irrigation entity
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226B Declaration of irrigation entity
[Section 226B Inserted by No. 36 of 2023, s. 17, Applied:11 Dec 2023]
(1) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, declare a responsible water entity, or a member of a class of responsible water entities, to be an irrigation entity in relation to an irrigation district.
(2) An order under subsection (1) is not a statutory rule for the purposes of the Rules Publication Act 1953 .
(3) In deciding to make a declaration under subsection (1) , the Minister is to take into account criteria prescribed for the purposes of this section, if any.