New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HUNTER WATER ACT 1991 - SECT 19

19 Ownership of works

(1) The Corporation is the owner of all works installed in or on land by the Corporation and of all works in or on land vested in or transferred to the Corporation (whether or not the land is owned by the Corporation).

(1A) Without limiting subsection (1), the Corporation is the owner of all works on land that is:

(a) within a special area, and

(b) reserved under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 or vested in Her Majesty or the Minister administering Part 11 of that Act.

(2) The Corporation may, subject to this Act, operate, repair, replace, maintain, remove, extend, expand, connect, disconnect, improve or do any other things that are necessary or appropriate to any of its works to ensure that, in the opinion of the Corporation, the works are used in an efficient manner for the purposes for which they were installed.

(3) The Corporation may sell or otherwise deal with works that it owns.

(4) The provisions of this section have effect despite anything contained in section 42 of the Real Property Act 1900 .