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LAND ACT 1994 - SECT 13A
Land adjacent to non-tidal boundary (watercourse) or non-tidal boundary (lake) owned by State
13A Land adjacent to non-tidal boundary (watercourse) or non-tidal boundary
(lake) owned by State
(1) If land has a non-tidal boundary (watercourse), other land that adjoins
the boundary and is on the watercourse side of the boundary is the property of
the State.
(2) If land has a non-tidal boundary (lake), other land that
adjoins the boundary and is on the lake side of the boundary is the property
of the State.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) apply despite the alienation of
land by the State.
(4) A person (the
"owner" ) who may take water under the Water Act 2000 , section 96 — (a) may
exercise a right of access for the owner, the owner’s family, executive
officers, employees, agents and stock over the part (the
"adjacent area" ) of the watercourse or lake that is the property of the State
and that adjoins the owner’s land; and
(b) may exercise a right of grazing
for the person’s stock over the adjacent area; and
(c) may bring action
against a person who trespasses on the adjacent area as if the owner were the
registered owner of the adjacent area.
(5) If the adjacent area is being used
by the State for a purpose under the Water Act 2000 — (a) subsection (4) (a)
and (b) applies only to the extent exercising the right does not interfere
with the State’s use of the adjacent area; and
(b) subsection (4) (c) does
not allow the owner to bring an action against a person acting on behalf of
the State.
(6) If the adjacent area is part of a reserve or the subject of a
lease— (a) subsection (4) (a) and (b) applies only to the extent exercising
the right does not interfere with— (i) a trustee of the reserve performing
the trustee’s functions, and fulfilling the trustee’s duty of care for the
land in the reserve; or
(ii) the lessee’s rights and interests under the
lease; and
(b) subsection (4) (c) does not allow the owner to bring an action
against— (i) a trustee of the reserve, a person acting for a trustee, or a
person with a registered interest in the land in the reserve; or
(ii) the
lessee, a person acting for the lessee, or a person with a registered interest
in the lease.
Note— This section effectively replaces the Water Act 2000 ,
section 21 (Beds and banks forming boundaries of land are State property),
which was repealed by the Natural Resources and Other Legislation Amendment
Act 2010 . However, that Act inserted a transitional provision into the
Water Act 2000 to provide that the repealed section 21 continues to apply for
all matters arising before its repeal.
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