Water Management Act 2000
149Members may be required to provide distribution works
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149 Members may be required to provide distribution works
149 Members may be required to provide distribution works
(1) A corporation may require a member of the corporation, or a landholder who is supplied with water by the corporation, to do any of the following—
(a) to provide water delivery systems on a landholding to enable the supply of water to the land at the rate specified by the corporation,
(b) to provide water storage works in the locations, and of a kind, specified by the corporation for water supplied for stock or domestic purposes,
(c) to maintain any water delivery systems or water storage works on the land so as to enable the corporation to properly exercise its functions in relation to the supply of water.
(2) The requirement is to be made by notice in writing given by the corporation to the member or landholder.
(3) A requirement may be made under this section only if it is necessary for the efficient or effective operation of corporation works or the carrying out of the corporation’s functions.
s 149: Am 2004 No 39, Sch 5 [7]. Subst 2010 No 133, Sch 2[54].