Water Act 2000

The Minister may give a direction (a project direction) to SunWater or an irrigation entity (each a relevant entity), a relevant entity’s board or a government agency requiring the relevant entity, board or agency to do something the Minister considers necessary or convenient for effectively carrying out a declared project.

Without limiting subsection (1), a project direction may be about—

forming a company for the purpose of transferring a business, asset or liability to a company; or

winding up or deregistering a company; or

making or executing an instrument; or

making a particular decision about transferring or disposing of an interest held in a relevant entity or a business, asset or liability; or

disclosing information.

A project direction must be in writing and signed by the Minister.

A relevant entity or government agency must comply with a project direction given to it.

A relevant entity’s board must—

if a project direction is given to the board—comply with the direction; or

if a project direction is given to the entity—take the action necessary to ensure the entity complies with the direction.

A relevant entity’s employees must help the entity or the entity’s board to comply with a project direction given to the entity or board.

In this section—government agency means a government entity under the Public Sector Act 2022, section 276, or a government owned corporation, that the Minister declares by gazette notice to be a government agency for this section.