Water Act 1989

The Minister, by declaration, may—

declare all or part of one or more declared water systems that wholly or partly comprise irrigation districts to be a rationing area; and

vary all general place of take approvals in an area declared under paragraph (a) by fixing a notional rationing rate for each approval.

A declaration under subsection (1) must be published in the Government Gazette.

The Minister must give a copy of a declaration under subsection (1) to the Authority responsible for the area to which the declaration applies.

The Authority responsible for the area to which the declaration applies must give notice of the declaration to each person holding a general place of take approval in the area.

A variation under subsection (1) may be made by reference to individual approvals or by reference to a class of approval.

A declaration under this section has effect on the day specified by the Minister in the declaration, which must not be earlier than 14 days after the declaration is made.