Assignment of water allocation
33U Assignment of water allocation
S. 33U(1) amended by Nos 85/2006 s. 10(1), 28/2007 s. 3(Sch. item 75.1), 50/2010 s. 6(1), substituted by No. 28/2014 s. 6(1), amended by No. 48/2021 s. 11(1).
The holder of a water share, after obtaining the approval of the Minister under section 33X, may assign the whole or a part of the water allocation available to that person under that share (at the time at which the assignment is made) to any person.
S. 33U(1AA) inserted by No. 48/2021 s. 11(1A) (as amended by No. 10/2023 s. 5).
A person who holds a right to take water under a water allocation to which section 33AG(4) applies, after obtaining the approval of the Minister under section 33X, may assign the whole or a part of that water allocation to any person.
S. 33U(1A) inserted by No. 85/2006 s. 10(2), amended by No. 50/2010 s. 6(2), substituted by No. 28/2014 s. 6(1), repealed by No. 48/2021 s. 11(2).
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A tenant in common of a water share may not separately assign the water allocation available to that person under the share.
S. 33U(3) amended by Nos 85/2006 s. 10(3), 32/2010 s. 10(1), substituted by No. 48/2021 s. 38(1).
An assignment under this section has effect from the date specified in the assignment.
S. 33U(4) amended by Nos 85/2006 s. 10(4), 32/2010 s. 10(2), substituted by No. 48/2021 s. 38(2) (as amended by No. 10/2023 s. 16).
An assignment under this section may specify that water taken under the assigned water allocation may be taken from—
a water system that is not the associated water system for the water share under which the water allocations are made; or
a water system zone that is not the zone applying to the assigned water allocations immediately before the assignment.
Note
Approvals under Part 4AA are also required before water can be taken under an assigned water allocation.
S. 33U(5) amended by Nos 28/2014 s. 6(2), 48/2021 s. 11(3), repealed by No. 48/2021 s. 38(3).
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S. 33V inserted by No. 99/2005 s. 41.
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