Water Act 2000

Subsection (2) applies if—

an authority under part 4 or part 9 of the repealed Act was in force immediately before the day the chief executive grants the corporatised entity interim resource operations licences under section 1111; and

the authority was to take water in an irrigation area or project under the repealed Act; and

the authority provided for the nominal allocation of water under the repealed Act; and

the water is managed by the corporatised entity using the entity’s water infrastructure.

On and from the day the chief executive grants the corporatised entity interim resource operations licences under section 1111, the authority, to the extent it relates to the volume of water nominally allocated under the authority, is an interim water allocation.

Each interim water allocation attaches to the land to which the authority attached unless the holder of the authority is—

a local government; or

a water authority; or

an entity prescribed under a regulation.

Subsection (5) applies if a customer granted an interim water allocation under subsection (2) owed an amount of money to the State under a financial arrangement under the authority.

On the commencement—

the amount owed by the customer, immediately before the commencement, is a debt due by the customer to the corporatised entity; and

repayment of the amount to the corporatised entity is a condition of the interim water allocation.