Water Management Act 2000
331Directions to holders of basic landholder rights
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331 Directions to holders of basic landholder rights
331 Directions to holders of basic landholder rights
The Minister may, by order in writing served on—
(a) a landholder on whose land is situated a water supply work that is being used—
(i) to take water from a water source pursuant to the landholder’s domestic and stock rights, or
(ii) to capture and store overland flow water pursuant to the landholder’s harvestable rights, or
(b) any person having the control or management of such a work,
direct the landholder or person to take specified measures to protect the environment, to preserve basic landholder rights or to overcome a threat to public health.
Note.
See also section 11 (1) (e) of the Natural Resources Access Regulator Act 2017 and Schedule 2 to that Act.
s 331: Subst 2008 No 73, Sch 2 [2]. Am 2009 No 106, Sch 1.20 [3]; 2014 No 48, Sch 1.1 [2]; 2017 No 64, sec 19.