WATER RESOURCES ACT 1998 (NO. 63 OF 1998) - SECT 14 Functions of Authority

WATER RESOURCES ACT 1998 (NO. 63 OF 1998) - SECT 14

(1)     The Authority has the following functions under this Act:

        (a)     to keep the state and condition of the water resources of the Territory under review;

        (b)     to coordinate policies in relation to water resource management;

        (c)     to regulate the allocation of water from waterways;

        (d)     to compile and maintain up-to-date information relating to the water resources of the Territory;

        (e)     to promote the importance, and encourage the efficient use, of water resources;

        (f)     to foster public education about the management of water resources;

        (g)     to implement national water resource measures made under national scheme laws or inter-governmental agreements relating to water resource management;

        (h)     confer, and exchange information, with any person or body having functions corresponding to those of the Authority under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory relating to water resource management;

              (i)     such other functions as are conferred by this Act.

(2)     In the performance of his or her functions, the Authority shall have regard to the objects set out in section 3.