New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 2000 - SECT 149

149 Election of members of private irrigation boards

(1) An election of the members of a private irrigation board must be held on the day and at the time fixed by the proclamation by which it is constituted and thereafter:

(a) if the third anniversary of the declaration of the poll for the previous election of members of that board is a Saturday, on that Saturday, or

(b) in any other case, on the Saturday preceding or following the third anniversary of the declaration of the poll for the previous election of members of that board.

(2) A corporation that is a member of a private irrigation board must authorise an individual to represent it as a member of the board.

(3) Subject to this Division, the members of a private irrigation board hold office until the date of the declaration of the poll for the next election.