14   Functions of management committees

(1)  The principal function of a management committee is to carry out the task for which it is appointed.

(2)  The task for which a committee is appointed may include any one or more of the following:

(a)  to prepare a draft management plan for the whole or any part of the management area or of the water sources in the area,

(b)  to review a management plan that is in force in the water management area,

(c)  to investigate such matters affecting the management of the water management area as the Minister refers to it for investigation,

(d)  to report to the Minister on such matters affecting the management of the water management area as the Minister refers to it for report,

(e)  to advise the Minister on such matters affecting the management of the water management area as the Minister refers to it for advice.

(3)  It is the duty of a management committee to exercise its functions consistently with the principles of ecologically sustainable development.