Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

WATER ACT - SECT 11

Subject to section 99, the owner or occupier of land on or immediately adjacent to which there is a waterway may take water from that waterway for:

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

        (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.