WATER ACT 1912 - SECT 20V Definitions

WATER ACT 1912 - SECT 20V

20V Definitions

(1) In this Division, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires:


"entitlement" means:

(a) a licence, permit, authority, irrigation corporation licence or group licence, or

(b) in relation to a trust, the right to take and use water conferred on the trust by section 38B.

"scheme" , in relation to any water source, means a volumetric water allocations scheme in force in respect of that water source under section 20X.


"trust" means a trust constituted under Part 3 that is declared by the regulations to be a trust to which this Division applies.


"water allocation" , in relation to any entitlement, which authorises the taking of water from a water source which is subject to a scheme, means the quantity of water specified in the condition (as may be modified from time to time under this Division) attached to, or included in, the entitlement pursuant to section 20X (5) or section 20AB (1) (b) as being the maximum quantity which may, subject to this Division, be taken from that water source in any year under the entitlement for the purpose or purposes specified in the entitlement.


"water source" means:

(a) a river, lake or section of a river, or

(b) a combination of 2 or more of them.

"year" , in relation to a scheme, means:

(a) a year commencing on 1 July, or

(b) if the Ministerial Corporation by order published in the Gazette specifies a different year for the scheme--the specified year.

(1A) Where the year applicable to an existing scheme is changed, the order making the change may also make provision for the transitional arrangements leading to the change.

(2) A reference in this Division to the holder of an entitlement includes:

(a) if the entitlement is an authority, a reference to each of the holders of the authority, and

(b) if the entitlement is the right of a trust to take and use water, a reference to the trust.