WATER ACT 1912 - SECT 20XC Corresponding increase and decrease of water allocation

WATER ACT 1912 - SECT 20XC

20XC Corresponding increase and decrease of water allocation

(1) The Ministerial Corporation may at any time, or from time to time, during a year:

(a) increase the basic water allocation for an entitlement for that year without exceeding any maximum quantity determined under section 20X (3) (c), and

(b) decrease the basic water allocation for the entitlement for the next succeeding year,

without altering the total basic water allocation for the entitlement for those years.

(2) The condition of a water entitlement imposed under section 20X or 20AB to control the quantity of water that may be taken under the entitlement (with any modification effected under section 20XA, 20Z or 20AA) is modified to the extent necessary to permit any increase, and to require any decrease, effected under subsection (1).

(3) The Ministerial Corporation may waive a decrease that has been imposed under subsection (1) (b) and, where a decrease is waived, the modification of a condition effected by subsection (2) in relation to the decrease ceases to have effect.

(4) In this section:


"basic water allocation" , in relation to an entitlement for a year, means the water allocation applicable to the entitlement for that year under a condition imposed under section 20X or 20AB, with any modification effected under section 20XA, 20Z or 20AA.