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WATER CORPORATION ACT 1995 - SECT 32

32 .         Transactions which require Ministerial approval

        (1)         Despite sections 27 and 29, the corporation must obtain the approval of the Minister before a transaction to which this section applies is entered into.

        (2)         This section applies to a transaction if — 

            (a)         it is to be entered into by the corporation or a subsidiary of the corporation;

            (b)         it is not exempt under section 33; and

            (c)         the corporation’s liability exceeds the prescribed amount.

        (3)         For the purposes of subsection (2)(c) the corporation’s liability is the amount or value of the consideration or the amount to be paid or received by the corporation or a subsidiary, ascertained as at the time when the transaction is entered into.

        (4)         The prescribed amount is the greater of — 

            (a)         a sum equal to 0.25% of the written down value of the corporation’s consolidated fixed assets and investments as appearing in its last audited accounts; or

            (b)         the sum of $15 million.

        (5)         In this section and section 33 — 

        transaction   — 

            (a)         includes a contract or other arrangement or any exercise of the power conferred by section 29(2)(g); and

            (b)         does not include any transaction under section 80 or 82.



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