Water Management Act 2000 No 92
Current version for 1 March 2013 to date (accessed 20 May 2013 at 16:18)
148 Private irrigation boards
(1) For each private irrigation district there is to be a board of
management.
(2) Each board is a corporation under the corporate name assigned to
it by the proclamation by which its private irrigation district is
constituted.
(3) A board is to consist of such number of members, being not less
than 3 nor more than 10:(a) in the case of the first board elected for a private irrigation
district, as may be determined by the Minister, and
(b) in the case of any subsequent board elected for a private
irrigation district, as may be determined before the election by the board for
that private irrigation district.
(4) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to:(a) the conduct of elections for the members of a board,
and
(b) other matters concerning the constitution and procedure of a
board.