New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 2000 - SECT 286

286 Constitution of water supply authorities

(1) The Governor may, by proclamation published on the NSW legislation website--

(a) name a water supply authority proposed to be constituted under this section, and

(b) specify the number of members, the qualification for each member and whether or not the member is a full-time member or a part-time member, and

(c) amend Schedule 3 by adding the name of the water supply authority to Part 1 of that Schedule.

(2) The members are to be appointed by the Governor and, on their appointment, the water supply authority is constituted as a corporation.

(3) The corporate name for the water supply authority is the name of the water supply authority stated in the proclamation.

(4) On a change of area of operations or functions for a water supply authority listed in Part 1 of Schedule 3, the Governor may, by proclamation published in the Gazette, do either or both of the following--

(a) change the number of part-time members of the water supply authority,

(b) change the qualifications for part-time members of the water supply authority.

(5) A change referred to in subsection (4) does not affect the identity of the water supply authority.