South Eastern Water Conservation and Drainage Act 1992

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—

authorised officer means a person appointed by the Board or the Council as an authorised officer under this Act;

the

Board means the South Eastern Water Conservation and Drainage Board (see

Part 2);

the

Board's area means that part of the South East that does not fall within the

Council's area;

the

Central Electoral Zone means that part of the South East defined as the Central Electoral

Zone in Schedule

3, as modified by regulation consequent upon any alteration of the area comprising the South East by regulation;

the

Council means the District Council of Millicent;

the

Council's area means the area of the Council under the Local

Government Act 1934, but excluding the land described in Schedule

2;

drain does not include a drain within a township;

drainage hole means an artificial or natural hole capable of allowing surface water to drain into the underground water system;

drainage reserve means any Crown lands that are dedicated, reserved or set aside for drainage purposes;

the

Eight Mile Creek area means the Hundreds of Caroline and MacDonnell;

eligible landholder, in relation to an electoral zone or the area served by an advisory committee, means a person who is a landholder of more than 10 hectares of land within that electoral zone or that area, as the case may require;

lake means a natural lake and includes a natural lagoon, swamp, marsh or spring;

landholder means—

South East;

the

Northern Electoral Zone means that part of the South East defined as the Northern Electoral

Zone in Schedule

4, as modified by regulation consequent upon any alteration of the area comprising the South East by regulation;

owner of land means—

Crown—the person entitled to the benefit of the agreement;

the relevant authority in relation to the South East means the Board or the Council, as the case may require;

the repealed Act means the South-Eastern

Drainage Act 1931;

River

Murray Protection Area means a River Murray Protection Area under the River

Murray Act 2003;

the

South East means that part of the State described in Schedule

1 including any land added to the South East by the regulations but excluding any land excluded from the South East by the regulations;

the

Southern Electoral Zone means that part of the South East defined as the Southern Electoral

Zone in Schedule

5, as modified by regulation consequent upon any alteration of the area comprising the South East by regulation;

surface water means water that collects on or flows onto or from the surface of land, and includes the water in any water management works, lake or watercourse;

the

Upper South East means that part of the South East that comprises the Northern

Electoral Zone;

watercourse means a river, creek or other natural watercourse;

water management works means—