New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WATER ACT 1912 - SECT 114

114 Inquiry

(1) The Ministerial Corporation may where, in its opinion, the circumstances so warrant, and after the day mentioned in section 113 (2) (c), cause a public inquiry to be held as to the desirability of granting the application.
The inquiry shall be held by the Secretary.
The Ministerial Corporation shall cause particulars as to the time, date, and place of the inquiry to be advertised in the Gazette and in such other manner as the Ministerial Corporation is satisfied is likely to bring those particulars to the attention of members of the public in the neighbourhood where the bore or the site thereof is situate.
The Secretary shall report in writing to the Ministerial Corporation upon the inquiry.

(2) All persons whose interests appear to be affected by the granting of the application shall be permitted to attend at the inquiry and be heard in support of, or in opposition to, the granting of the application.