Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(1) A person may obtain a water allocation from—
(a) the Authority; or
(b) another person who holds a water allocation.
(2) Subject to section 29, the Authority may, grant a water allocation—
(a) by specifying the volume or rate of flow of water that may be taken under the allocation; or
(b) in any other manner.
(3) Without limiting the generality of subsection (2), the Authority may fix a different measure of water allocation for different days of a year.
(4) Subject to section 81, after the commencement of this section, the power of the Authority to allocate water shall be exercised by public auction or public tender or, if either method is unsuccessful, by private contract.
(5) The Authority may grant a water allocation subject to conditions.
(6) Notwithstanding subsection (4) and subject to section 29, the Minister may, in writing, on payment of the determined fee, grant a water allocation to a person specified in the instrument, subject to such conditions (if any) as are specified in the instrument.
(7) Subject to section 81, the Minister or the Authority, as the case requires, shall not grant an allocation under this section unless provision is made for the allocation in the management plan.
(8) The Minister shall, not later than 14 days after making a grant under subsection (6), publish notice of the making of the grant in the Gazette .
(9) An allocation made under subsection (6) shall for the purposes of this Act, other than section 77, be taken to have been granted by the Authority.
(10) Where a water allocation on which a licence to take water is based is granted subject to conditions, those conditions shall, for the purposes of this Act, be taken to be conditions of the licence.