WATER ACT 1992 - SECT 14 Right of owners of overlying land to take groundwater for certain purposes

WATER ACT 1992 - SECT 14

Subject to sections 14A and 70, the owner or occupier of land may take groundwater from beneath the land for:

        (a)     the use of the owner or occupier or the owner's or occupier's family and employees, for domestic purposes on the land; or

        (b)     drinking water for grazing stock on the land; or

        (c)     irrigating a garden, not exceeding 0.5 ha, which is part of the land and used solely in connection with a dwelling.