327   Stop work order regarding unlawful construction or use of water management work

(1)  This section applies to a water management work that, in the Minister’s opinion, is being constructed or used, or is about to be constructed or used, in contravention of this Act.

(2)  The Minister may, by order in writing served on any person having control or management of the water management work, direct the person to take specified measures:

(a)  to prohibit or discontinue its construction or use, or

(b)  to construct or use the work only as specified.

(3)  Without limiting subsection (2), the landholder on whose land the water management work is situated, or is proposed to be situated, is taken to have control and management of the work.