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Public Works Act 1981

Irrigation

197: Minister may construct and maintain water supply works

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“The government can build and take care of water pipes for farms”

The Minister can plan, build, look after, and control water supply works that are part of an irrigation scheme. This applies to works that are being built or have already been built using money given by Parliament.

For these water supply works, the Minister has the same powers and duties as a local council does under the Local Government Act 2002. However, if a decision needs to be made, the Minister can do it by writing it down and publishing it in the official government newsletter instead of having a council vote on it.

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Part 19 Irrigation

197Minister may construct and maintain water supply works

  1. The Minister is hereby empowered to investigate, design, construct, maintain, or control any water supply works which are proposed to be constructed, or which have been constructed wholly or partly, out of money appropriated by Parliament for the purpose, as part of an irrigation scheme.

  2. The Minister has, in respect of water supply works to which subsection (1) applies, all the powers, rights, duties, and authorities conferred, in respect of water supply works, upon a territorial authority under the Local Government Act 2002; except that in any case where a resolution is required it may be made by the Minister in writing under his or her hand and published in the Gazette.

Compare
  • 1928 No 21 s 274
Notes
  • Section 197(2): substituted, on , by section 262 of the Local Government Act 2002 (2002 No 84).