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WATER ACT 1912 - SECT 13B
Ministerial Corporation may prescribe maximum areas etc for which water may be appropriated for irrigation
13B Ministerial Corporation may prescribe maximum areas etc for which water
may be appropriated for irrigation
(1) In respect of any river, including tributaries thereto and effluents
therefrom, or any section of a river, including tributaries thereto and
effluents therefrom, or any lake, the Ministerial Corporation may from time to
time prescribe: (a) the maximum area of land within the holding of any
occupier for the irrigation of which water may be taken under a licence,
(b)
the maximum area of any class of crops or plantings within the holding of any
occupier for which water may be taken under a licence,
(c) the maximum
quantity of water per hectare of any class of crops or plantings which may be
taken for irrigation under a licence during any period of twelve months
commencing on the first day of July.
(2) Where a prescription has been made
under the provisions of subsection (1) a licence shall not be granted in
respect of any work, for the taking of water from the river, or section of the
river, or lake covered by the prescription, for: (a) the irrigation of a
greater area of land or a greater area of any class of crops or plantings, or
(b) the taking of a greater quantity of water,
than that prescribed.
(3) The
Ministerial Corporation may, when renewing a licence, under which an area of
land or of any class of crops or plantings could be irrigated in excess of the
maximum area prescribed under the provisions of subsection (1), or under which
a quantity of water per hectare of any class of crops or plantings may be
taken in excess of the maximum quantity prescribed under the provisions of
subsection (1), renew the licence for the irrigation of that maximum area or
quantity of water only, or renew the licence subject to a condition that the
area of land or of any class of crops or plantings which could be irrigated
under the licence shall be progressively reduced to the said maximum area
within a period not exceeding five years.
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