New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SOIL CONSERVATION ACT 1938 - SECT 26

26 Vesting of works in statutory body

(1) On completion of any works carried out in pursuance of this Act, the Governor, on the recommendation of the Minister, may, by proclamation published in the Gazette, vest in a statutory corporation any works constructed for the purpose of soil conservation, erosion mitigation or water resources conservation, or for purposes incidental thereto.
The care, control and maintenance of such works shall thereupon devolve upon the statutory corporation.

(2) The Governor may, by the same or a subsequent proclamation, vest in the statutory corporation the whole or any part of any land acquired under this Act for the purposes of the works so vested in the statutory corporation.