Rights in Water and Irrigation Amendment Regulations 2019 (WA)

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WATER

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Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914

Rights in Water and Irrigation Amendment

Regulations 2019

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.           Citation

These regulations are the Rights in Water and Irrigation
Amendment Regulations 2019.

2.           Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows -

(a)	regulations 1 and 2— on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations - on the day after that day.

3.           Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Rights in Water and Irrigation
Regulations 2000.

4.           Regulation 31 amended

In regulation 31(b) delete "that a specified person is the licence holder" and insert:

a specified person is the holder

Act;

5.            Regulation 41B amended

(1) After regulation 41 B(2)(b) insert:

(ba) is a licence granted for the taking of water from a water resource in one of the following areas, and under which water is taken through at least one draw-point on which a meter owned by the State is installed -

(i) the Gascoyne Groundwater Area under section 26B of the Act;

(ii)     the Gascoyne River and all of its tributaries to which Part III Division I of the Act applies under section 6 of the

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(iii)    the Camarvon Irrigation District under Part IV of the Act;

(iv) the Camarvon Irrigation Area under section 26B of the Act;

or

(2) After regulation 41B(2) insert:

(3) Nothing in subregulation (2) prevents the Minister
from including in a licence referred to in
subregulation (2) any term, condition or restriction in
relation to metering.

6.             Regulation 41C amended

In regulation 41C(1)(b)(v) delete "Minster" and insert:

Minister

7.             Regulation 41F amended

In regulation 41F(2) delete "licence." and insert:

licence that relate to the taking of water or the measurement of
the quantity of water taken.

R. NEILSON, Clerk of the Executive Council.