WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 2000 - SECT 12
Establishment of management committees
WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 2000 - SECT 12
Establishment of management committees
12 Establishment of management committees
(1) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette--
(a) establish a
management committee to carry out a specific task in relation to water
management in a water management area, and
(b) set terms of reference in
accordance with which the committee is to carry out that task.
(2) The task
for which a management committee is appointed may relate to any aspect of
water management, including (without limitation) water sharing, water source
protection, floodplain management and drainage management.
(3) At any time
the Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, abolish a management
committee, and may do so whether or not it has completed the task for which it
was established.
(4) Nothing in this section prevents the establishment of
two or more committees for the same water management area so long as they do
not have overlapping functions.