South Australian Consolidated Acts

WATER CONSERVATION ACT 1936 - SECT 9

9—General powers of Minister

Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Minister may by himself, his officers, agents, licensees, and servants, for the purpose of constructing, completing, extending, or maintaining any waterworks, and for supplying water to or in any water district, and for carrying out the provisions of this Act, from time to time exercise any of the following powers within or beyond the limits of any water district, doing as little damage in the exercise of such powers as may be:

        I         With or without horses, cattle, or carriages, enter upon and take the levels of any land, and set out such parts as may be required for the purposes of the Minister, and dig, break up, and trench the soil of any such land, and remove or use all earth, stones, minerals, trees, and other things dug or obtained out of or from the same:

        II         Enter upon, take, and hold, either temporarily or permanently, possession of, and appropriate such land as the Minister deems necessary or desirable for the construction, maintenance, or improvement of any waterworks, or for securing or increasing the supply, or improving the quality of water to be supplied:

        III         Sink such wells and shafts, and make, maintain, alter, or discontinue such waterworks, and erect and maintain such buildings upon any land, or in, upon, or across any lake, river, or watercourse required by the Minister, as the Minister deems proper for supplying any water district with water:

        IV         Divert and impound the water from any lake, river, or watercourse as the Minister deems fit:

        V         Divert or alter, as well temporarily as permanently, any part of the course of any river or watercourse, or (temporarily only) any road, street, or way, in order the better to carry out the duties or exercise the powers of the Minister:

        VI         Construct waterworks for irrigation and other purposes:

        VII         Cut drains and make channels to deliver water into or take water out of, and embank, widen, or deepen, any lake, river, or watercourse:

        VIII         Enter at any time upon any lands, roads, streets, or ways, for the purpose of constructing, repairing, altering, cutting off, or removing any waterworks under the control of the Minister, but the Minister may not enter upon any enclosed land of any person within 100 metres of any dwellinghouse thereon without the written consent of the owner.