Members may be required to provide distribution works
229 Members may be required to provide distribution works
A private water trust may require a member of the trust, or a landholder who is supplied with water by the trust, to do any of the following—
to provide water delivery systems on a landholding to enable the supply of water to the land at the rate specified by the trust,
to provide water storage works in the locations, and of a kind, specified by the trust for water supplied for stock or domestic purposes,
to maintain any water delivery systems or water storage works on the land so as to enable the trust to properly exercise functions in relation to the supply of water.
The requirement is to be made by notice in writing given by the trust to the member or landholder.
A requirement may be made under this section only if it is necessary for the efficient or effective operation of trust works or the carrying out of the trust’s functions.
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