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New South Wales
Water Management Amendment (Water
Property Rights Compensation)
Bill 2006
Contents
Page
1 Name of Act 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Amendment of Water Management Act 2000 No 92 2
4 Amendment of Land Acquisition (Just Terms
Compensation) Act 1991 No 22 2
Schedule 1 Amendment of Water Management Act 2000 3
Schedule 2 Amendment of Land Acquisition (Just Terms
Compensation) Act 1991 4
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New South Wales
Water Management Amendment (Water
Property Rights Compensation)
Bill 2006
No , 2006
A Bill for
An Act to amend the Water Management Act 2000 to provide for compensation
under the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 for the compulsory
acquisition of water access licences and for the reduction in water allocations for the
holders of those licences as a consequence of certain variations of bulk access
regimes; and for related purposes.
Water Management Amendment (Water Property Rights Compensation)
Clause 1 Bill 2006
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts: 1
1 Name of Act 2
This Act is the Water Management Amendment (Water Property Rights 3
Compensation) Act 2006. 4
2 Commencement 5
This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act. 6
3 Amendment of Water Management Act 2000 No 92 7
The Water Management Act 2000 is amended as set out in Schedule 1. 8
4 Amendment of Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 9
No 22 10
The Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 is amended 11
as set out in Schedule 2. 12
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Water Management Amendment (Water Property Rights Compensation)
Bill 2006
Amendment of Water Management Act 2000 Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendment of Water Management Act 1
2000 2
(Section 3) 3
[1] Section 79 Compulsory acquisition of access licences 4
Omit "from the State for the market value of the licence as at the time it was 5
compulsorily acquired" from section 79 (2). 6
Insert instead "under the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 7
1991". 8
[2] Section 79 (3)(5) and (7) 9
Omit the subsections. 10
[3] Section 87 Compensation payable in certain circumstances for 11
reductions in water allocations arising during initial period for which 12
management plan is in force 13
Omit "may claim compensation for loss suffered by the holder as a 14
consequence of that reduction" from section 87 (1). 15
Insert instead "is entitled, under the Land Acquisition (Just Terms 16
Compensation) Act 1991, to compensation for loss suffered by the holder as a 17
consequence of that reduction". 18
[4] Section 87 (3)(7) 19
Omit the subsections. 20
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Water Management Amendment (Water Property Rights Compensation)
Bill 2006
Schedule 2 Amendment of Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991
Schedule 2 Amendment of Land Acquisition (Just 1
Terms Compensation) Act 1991 2
(Section 4) 3
[1] Section 4 Definitions 4
Insert at the end of paragraph (c) in the definition of registered interest in 5
section 4 (1): 6
, or 7
(d) referred to in subsection (6) (a). 8
[2] Section 4 (6) 9
Insert after section 4 (5): 10
(6) For the purposes of this Act: 11
(a) an interest in land includes an access licence registered 12
under the Water Management Act 2000, and 13
(b) a variation of a bulk access regime for which 14
compensation is payable under section 87 of that Act is 15
taken to be a compulsory acquisition of an interest in land. 16
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