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WATER ACT 1989 - SECT 36

Application for bulk entitlement

    (1)     An Authority may apply to the Minister for the grant of a bulk entitlement to—

        (a)     water in a waterway (including the River Murray); or

        (b)     groundwater; or

S. 36(1)(c) amended by Nos 50/1992 s. 10(Sch. item 11.3), 121/1994 s. 188(c), 62/1995 s. 10(a), 99/2005 s. 15(a).

        (c)     water, other than recycled water, in any works of another Authority; or

S. 36(1)(d) inserted by No. 121/1994 s. 188(c), amended by No. 99/2005 s. 15(b), repealed by No. 85/2006 s. 22.

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S. 36(1)(e) inserted by No. 121/1994 s. 188(c), amended by Nos 62/1995 s. 10(b), 86/1995 s. 5, 99/2005 s. 15(c), repealed by No. 23/2019 s. 105.

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S. 36(1)(f) inserted by No. 62/1995 s. 10(b), amended by No. 99/2005 s. 15(d).

        (f)     any other water, other than recycled water, to which an Authority has access.

    (2)     An application must—

        (a)     be made in a form and manner approved by the Minister; and

S. 36(2)(b) amended by No. 5/2002 s. 12,
repealed by No. 32/2010 s. 21.

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        (c)     be accompanied by the prescribed application fee.

    (3)     The Minister must forward a copy of an application to—

        (a)     the Minister administering the Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987 ; and

        (b)     the Minister administering the Planning and Environment Act 1987 ; and

        (c)     any public statutory body which the Minister considers may be directly affected by the application.

    (4)     For the purposes of this section, "waterway" includes any collection of water which is from time to time replenished in whole or in part by water coming by a natural sub-surface path from a waterway.

S. 37
repealed by No. 32/2010 s. 22.

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