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Irrigation Schemes Act 1990

Public Act	1990 No 52
Date of assent	3 July 1990

Note

This Act is administered in the [New Ministry]. The words responsible Ministry were substituted, as from 1 July 1995, for the words Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries pursuant to s 6(1)(b) Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (Restructuring) Act 1995 (1995 No 31). The words new Ministry were substituted, as from 1 March 1998, for the words responsible Ministry pursuant to s 5(1)(c) Ministries of Agriculture and Forestry (Restructuring) Act 1997 (1997 No 100).

Contents

Part 1
Disposal of irrigation schemes

2 Interpretation

3 Disposal of irrigation schemes

4 Certain rights to continue

5 Transfer of easements, etc

6 Transfer of mining privileges

7 Transfer of water rights

8 Transfer of Crown assets and liabilities

9 Provisions relating to transfer of land

10 Title to land

11 Land certification

12 Section 11 and Part 10 of Resource Management Act 1991 and Part 21 of Local Government Act 1974 not to apply

13 Activity permitted as of right

14 Ownership of irrigation scheme by local authority

15 Provisions relating to Rangitata Diversion Race

16 Validation of licences, etc

17 No claim against Crown where scheme transferred back to Crown

18 Revocation of Orders in Council constituting irrigation districts, etc

Part 2
Amending Public Works Act 1981

19 Application of Part 19 of Public Works Act 1981

20 Basic charge

21 Water availability charge

An Act to empower the Crown to dispose of irrigation schemes

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows: