Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) This section applies on the death of a person who has water available to take under a water allocation (under an environmental entitlement or part of an environmental entitlement) assigned to the person under section 48L or further assigned to the person under section 48M.
(2) The water allocation forms part of the estate of the deceased person.
(3) An assignment of the water allocation under section 48L or a further assignment of the water allocation under section 48M may be made by—
(a) if the deceased person was the only person who could have taken water under the water allocation—a person authorised to act on behalf of the estate of the deceased person; or
(b) if the deceased person was not the only person who could have taken water under the water allocation—a person authorised to act on behalf of the estate of the deceased person together with the other persons.
S. 48OA inserted by No. 50/2010 s. 20.