Power to carry out works
82 Power to carry out works
Subject to this Act and any relevant Act, the Minister may carry out works for the purposes of this Act or any relevant Act that are related to the conservation, protection or management of water resources.
The conservation, protection or management of water resources is to be regarded as a public work for the purposes of this Act and Part 9 of the Land Administration Act 1997, even though the conservation, protection or management of water resources may be achieved on or in relation to an area of land without any works being carried out on the land.
[(1a) deleted]
The provisions of this Part have effect in relation to works carried out under and for the purposes of a relevant Act, except in so far as that relevant Act contains provisions inconsistent with the provisions of this Part in which case effect shall be given to the provisions of the relevant Act.
[Section 82 inserted: No. 25 of 1985 s. 19; amended: No. 73 of 1995 s. 37; No. 67 of 2003 Sch. 2 cl. 79; No. 38 of 2007 s. 121 and 135; No. 25 of 2012 s. 92.]
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