Stock Route Management Act 2002

The chief executive, a local government and a landowner may enter into an agreement (a water facility agreement) about any of the following—

supplying water to the land from a water facility under the local government’s control;

supplying water to the stock route network from a water facility owned by the landowner;

watering travelling stock at the owner’s water facilities;

maintaining water facilities under the local government’s control;

constructing or maintaining water facilities on the network or on the owner’s land;

allowing access to the owner’s land for any purpose mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e).

The water facility agreement must—

state who owns the water facility and who is responsible for its control, maintenance and management; and

state the fee, if any, payable under the agreement; and

provide for termination by a party to the agreement giving the other parties a stated period of written notice of termination.