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Public Works Act 1981

Irrigation

220: Irrigation notice

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“Explaining how the government tells people about new irrigation areas and charges”

After an irrigation district is set up, the Minister can tell the Registrar-General of Land about it without paying a fee. The Minister does this by giving the Registrar a notice to put on the land records.

The notice tells people about the land that’s part of the irrigation district. It says that the land has to pay a yearly charge. It also says where you can find out how much the charge is and how it’s worked out. The notice mentions where you can find the official announcement about the irrigation district in the Gazette.

The Registrar-General of Land puts this notice on the land records for free. This lets everyone who owns or has an interest in the land know about the yearly charge.

If the Minister stops using or gets rid of the water supply works, they can remove the notice. They do this by giving the Registrar-General of Land a release notice, but only after all the money for the charge has been paid. The Registrar-General of Land will then remove the original notice from the records for free.

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Part 19 Irrigation

220Irrigation notice

  1. After any irrigation district is constituted under this Part, the Minister may without fee deposit with the Registrar-General of Land, for registration against the title of the land affected, a notice under his hand of the constitution of the irrigation district.

  2. Every notice deposited under this section shall describe the land affected by the notice, and shall state—

  3. that the land is subject to an annual charge under this Part;
    1. that particulars of the charge so payable, including the current amount and the basis of calculation, are available from such office as may be stated in it; and
      1. the Gazette reference of the Order in Council constituting the irrigation district.

        1. The Registrar-General of Land shall, on the deposit of any notice under this section, without fee register it against the title to the land affected by it.

        2. The registration of a notice under this section shall be deemed to give notice of the annual charge to all persons having any estate or interest in the land comprised in the title against which the certificate is registered, in mortgages and charges of that land, and in rights, easements, and appurtenances belonging to that land, or usually held and enjoyed with it, and their successors in title.

        3. In the event of the water supply works being abandoned, discontinued, or disposed of by the Minister, he shall, on payment of all money payable in respect of any charge referred to in any notice registered under subsection (3), without fee deposit with the Registrar-General of Land a release of the notice; and the Registrar-General of Land shall without fee register the release.

        Compare
        • 1975 No 138 s 25
        Notes
        • Section 220(1): amended, on , by section 250 of the Land Transfer Act 2017 (2017 No 30).
        • Section 220(3): amended, on , by section 250 of the Land Transfer Act 2017 (2017 No 30).
        • Section 220(5): amended, on , by section 250 of the Land Transfer Act 2017 (2017 No 30).