Water Act 1912 No 44
Current version for 8 January 2010 to date (accessed 22 May 2013 at 18:13)
Part 2Division 5Section 26B

26B   Powers to determine licence, group licence or authority

The Ministerial Corporation may cancel at any time after giving reasonable notice a licence, group licence or an authority on payment of compensation to the person entitled to the benefit of the licence or authority or to the holder of the group licence, as the case may be.

The right to the water which was vested in that person shall thereupon vest in the Ministerial Corporation.

Such compensation shall be assessed by the local land board of the land district in which the licensed work, the work the subject of the group licence or the authorised work is situated.

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