WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 2000 - SECT 398 Exclusion of Crown liability
WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 2000 - SECT 398
Exclusion of Crown liability398 Exclusion of Crown liability
(1) Neither the Crown nor any other person is subject to any action, liability, claim or demand arising--(a) from the unavailability of water, or(b) from any failure in the quantity or quality of water,as a consequence of anything done or omitted to be done in good faith by the Minister, by a prescribed authority or by any person acting on behalf of the Minister or a prescribed authority, in the exercise of any functions under this Act or the Water NSW Act 2014 .
(2) Neither the Crown nor any other person is subject to any action, liability, claim or demand arising as a consequence of--(a) the use in good faith of any water management work, or(b) the release in good faith of water from any water management work,by the Minister, by a prescribed authority or by any person acting on behalf of the Minister or a prescribed authority, in the exercise of any functions under this Act or the Water NSW Act 2014 .
(3) In this section,
"prescribed authority" means--(a) the Ministerial Corporation, or(b) a water supply authority, or(c) Water NSW.