This legislation has been repealed.
9—Existing private irrigation areas
(1) Land that is used
to carry on the business of primary production and that was, immediately
before the commencement of this Act, connected to an irrigation system in
operation under one of the repealed Acts constitutes a
private irrigation district under this Act.
(2) Where two or more
irrigation systems served one irrigation area or irrigation district under one
of the repealed Acts, only one irrigation district is constituted under
subsection (1) in respect of the land connected to those systems.
(3) The water
allocations applying to the land immediately before the commencement of this
Act will continue under this Act until varied by the trust constituted by this
Act in respect of the district.