118Applications for inclusion of land in area of operations

118 Applications for inclusion of land in area of operations

118 Applications for inclusion of land in area of operations

(1) For the Act, section 128(3), an application must be in the approved form.

(2) An application for the inclusion of land with an area of more than 15% of the irrigation corporation’s existing area of operations must be advertised, by the Minister, by written notice published—

(a) in a local newspaper, if there is a local newspaper, and

(b) on the Department’s website.

(3) The notice must contain the following information—

(a) the name of the applicant,

(b) the name of the irrigation corporation in whose area of operations the land is proposed to be included,

(c) the purpose of the application,

(d) the area of the land proposed to be included in the area of operations,

(e) the general location of the land,

Example—

the lot and deposited plan number

(f) the time by which objections to the application must be made,

(g) a postal or email address, or both, to which objections may be sent.