Irrigation Clauses Act 1973 (TAS)

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Irrigation Clauses Act 1973

[Long Title Amended by No. 99 of 1982, s. 3 and Sched. 2 ]An Act to consolidate in one Act provisions generally applicable to irrigation schemes

[Royal Assent 26 July 1973]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART IPreliminary1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Irrigation Clauses Act 1973. 2Interpretation [Section 2 Subsection (1) amended by No. 30 of 1995, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ] (1)  [Section 2 Subsection (1) amended by No. 99 of 1982, s. 3 and Sched. 2 ] In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: [Section 2 Subsection (1) amended by No. 46 of 1997, s. 4, Applied:11 Nov 1998] authorised officer means a person appointed as an authorised officer under section 70; channel includes pipe and conduit; clerk means a general manager within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993; corporation means a council; [Section 2 Subsection (1) amended by No. 36 of 2023, s. 4, Applied:11 Dec 2023] industrial use – see section 2A; [Section 2 Subsection (1) amended by No. 36 of 2023, s. 4, Applied:11 Dec 2023] industrial user means a person who requires a supply of water for industrial use; irrigation includes any means of watering fields, gardens, and orchards; [Section 2 Subsection (1) amended by No. 46 of 1997, s. 4, Applied:11 Nov 1998] irrigation infringement notice means an irrigation infringement notice in force under Part XI; [Section 2 Subsection (1) amended by No. 30 of 2005, s. 14, Applied:11 Jul 2005] [Section 2 Subsection (1) amended by No. 30 of 2005, s. 14, Applied:11 Jul 2005] irrigation right means the right to be supplied with water for irrigation referred to in section 23 or an irrigation right conferred by the Minister under section 75(1); irrigation season means the annual period during which under the undertaker’s by-laws water will be available for irrigation; lake includes swamp, pond, dam, and well; [Section 2 Subsection (1) amended by No. 53 of 2003, Sched. 1, Applied:25 Sep 2003] minor civil claim means a minor civil claim within the meaning of the Magistrates Court (Civil Division) Act 1992; municipality means a council; prescribed means prescribed by by-law; [Section 2 Subsection (1) amended by No. 36 of 2023, s. 4, Applied:11 Dec 2023] relevant water retailer means an entity that, as part of the business of the entity, sells, or proposes to sell, water to an industrial user; [Section 2 Subsection (1) amended by No. 46 of 1997, s. 4, Applied:11 Nov 1998] [Section 2 Subsection (1) amended by No. 53 of 2003, Sched. 1, Applied:25 Sep 2003] source of supply means any place or point from which the undertakers are by the special Act authorized to take water for the purposes of the special Act; stream includes spring, brook, river, and other running water; take, used…

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