Section 3(1) of the Principal Act is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting the definition of applicant ;

(b) by omitting the definition of elector ;

(c) by omitting the definition of general newspaper ;

(d) by omitting the definition of meter and substituting the following definition:

meter means an instrument that measures and records a flow or level of water and includes any ancillary device attached to or incorporated in the instrument;

(e) by inserting the following definition after the definition of small claim :

special Act  – see section 189(b) and section 190(b) ;

(f) by inserting the following definition after the definition of statutory authority :

statutory rule means a statutory rule for the purposes of the Rules Publication Act 1953 ;

(g) by omitting "subject to the regular ebb and flow of the highest spring tides" from the definition of tidal area and substituting "below the mean high-water mark" ;

(h) by omitting the definition of water resource and substituting the following definition:

water resource means –

(a) a watercourse, lake or any dispersed surface water or groundwater; or

(b) a tidal area that a declaration under section 5A relates to;

(i) by omitting "deeper than 3 metres" from paragraph (a) of the definition of well .