Water NSW Act 2014
40Declaration of declared catchment areas
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40 Declaration of declared catchment areas
40 Declaration of declared catchment areas
(1) The Governor may, by order published in the Gazette, declare an area of land specified in the order to be, or to be part of, a declared catchment area of Water NSW.
(2) The Governor may, by the same order or by a subsequent order published in the Gazette, declare a specified part of a declared catchment area of Water NSW to be the inner catchment area or outer catchment area of the declared catchment area.
(3) The Sydney catchment area must not be reduced in size, and an order revoking the declaration of the Sydney catchment area as a declared catchment area must not be made, unless authorised by an Act of Parliament.