WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 96 Land owners may take water for stock or domestic purposes

WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 96

96 Land owners may take water for stock or domestic purposes

(1) An owner of land on which there is water collected in a dam may take the water for stock or domestic purposes.

(2) An owner of land adjoining a watercourse, lake or spring may take water from the watercourse, lake or spring for stock or domestic purposes.

(3) However, water can not be taken for domestic purposes under subsection (1) or (2) if the land is—

(a) declared by regulation as land to which this subsection applies; and

(b) subdivided after the regulation is made.

(4) In this section—


"land" includes any land contiguous with the land adjoining the watercourse, lake or spring if all the land is owned by the same owner.