Water Supply (Critical Needs) Act 2019
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15 Dispute resolution
15 Dispute resolution
(1) If there is a dispute between the public authority responsible for development for the purposes of a critical town or locality water supply and a public authority concerning the operation of any provision of this Act and the parties have after reasonable efforts been unable to resolve the dispute themselves, either party may request a review of the matter by the responsible Ministers (namely, the Minister responsible for the authority and the Minister responsible for the public authority concerned).
(2) If the same Minister is responsible for both the authority and the public authority concerned, the review is to be by that Minister.
(3) If the dispute is not resolved by the responsible Ministers or Minister, the dispute is to be referred to the Premier.
(4) The authority and the public authority concerned are to give effect to any decision of the responsible Ministers, Minister or the Premier in resolution of the dispute.
(5) A reference in this section to the Minister responsible for a public authority is, in the case of a public authority that is a local council, a reference to the Minister administering the Local Government Act 1993.