Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FOREIGN ACQUISITIONS AND TAKEOVERS ACT 1975 - SECT 26A

  (1)   A registrable water entitlement of a person is any of the following rights that the person holds (alone or jointly):

  (a)   an irrigation right (within the meaning of the Water Act 2007 ) that relates to a water resource in Australia;

  (b)   a right (including an Australian water access entitlement) conferred by or under a law of a State or Territory to do either or both of the following:

  (i)   to hold water from a water resource in Australia;

  (ii)   to take water from a water resource in Australia.

  (2)   However, a registrable water entitlement does not include:

  (a)   stock and domestic rights; or

  (b)   riparian rights; or

  (c)   water allocations; or

  (d)   a right of a kind specified in the regulations.