(1) Subject to this
Act and any relevant Act, the Minister may carry out works for the purposes of
this Act or any relevant Act that are related to the conservation, protection
or management of water resources.
(1aa) The
conservation, protection or management of water resources is to be regarded as
a public work for the purposes of this Act and Part 9 of the
Land Administration Act 1997 , even though the conservation, protection or
management of water resources may be achieved on or in relation to an area of
land without any works being carried out on the land.
[(1a) deleted]
(2) The provisions of
this Part have effect in relation to works carried out under and for the
purposes of a relevant Act, except in so far as that relevant Act contains
provisions inconsistent with the provisions of this Part in which case effect
shall be given to the provisions of the relevant Act.
[Section 82 inserted: No. 25 of 1985 s. 19;
amended: No. 73 of 1995 s. 37; No. 67 of 2003 Sch. 2 cl. 79; No. 38 of 2007 s.
121 and 135; No. 25 of 2012 s. 92.]