Victorian Current Acts

WATER ACT 1989 - SECT 222

    (1)     An Authority, subject to the provisions of this Part—

S. 222(1)(a) amended by No. 85/2006 s. 95.

        (a)     must provide the service of delivering water to the owner or occupier (where the occupier is not the owner) of each serviced property in its irrigation district—

S. 222(1)(a)(i) substituted by No. 85/2006 s. 95.

              (i)     for the purpose of irrigation; and

S. 222(1)(a)(ii) substituted by No. 85/2006 s. 95.

              (ii)     for stock and domestic use—

at the volumes and for the periods that are determined by the Authority in accordance with this Part; and

        (b)     may provide the service of delivering water to the owner or occupier of any property in its irrigation district; and

        (c)     may sell water the Authority owns or is authorised to take and use under a bulk entitlement to the owner or occupier of any land, whether within or outside its irrigation district.

    (2)     A service provided by an irrigation Authority under subsection (1) may be provided on any terms and conditions that are set out in a determination of the Authority.

    (3)     An Authority is not required to provide the service of delivering water to the owner or occupier of land under subsection (1), if—

        (a)     the owner is not the holder of a water-use licence or water-use registration (as the case requires); or

        (b)     neither the owner nor the occupier of the land has a water allocation.

    (4)     Nothing in this Act entitles any person to a service under subsection (1) other than during an irrigation period.

Division 3—Specific provisions as to volume and period of delivery

S. 223 substituted by No. 99/2005 s. 61.