29Domestic purposes to be first satisfied

29 Domestic purposes to be first satisfied

(1)  The undertakers shall not supply water for irrigation or for any other purpose until all persons entitled, whether under this Act or the special Act or by contract, to a supply from them for domestic or stock supply purposes have been first supplied by the undertakers.

(2)  This section shall not prevent the undertakers from supplying water necessary for the health of the inhabitants of the water district or elsewhere, mariners sailing from a port in the water district, and stock in or travelling through the water district or in danger of dying of thirst in places near the water district.