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[ Sections 4(1) and 22(1)(a)(i) and Item 2 of Schedule 3]
A person may, subject to this Act -
S1(1)(a): take water for reasonable domestic use in that person's household, directly from
any water resource to which that person has lawful access;
S1(1)(b): take water for use on land owned or occupied by that person, for -
S1(1)(b)(i): reasonable domestic use;
S1(1)(b)(ii): small gardening not for commercial purposes; and
S1(1)(b)(iii): the watering of animals (excluding feedlots) which graze on that land
within the grazing capacity of that land, from any water resource which is situated on or
forms a boundary of that land, if the use is not excessive in relation to the capacity of
the water resource and the needs of other users;
S1(1)(c): store and use run-off water from a roof;
S1(1)(d): in emergency situations, take water from any water resource for human
consumption or firefighting;
S1(1)(e): for recreational purposes -
S1(1)(e)(i): use the water or the water surface of a water resource to which that person
has lawful access; or
S1(1)(e)(ii): portage any boat or canoe on any land adjacent to a watercourse in order to
continue boating on that watercourse; and
S1(1)(f): discharge -
S1(1)(f)(i): waste or water containing waste; or
S1(1)(f)(ii): run-off water, including stormwater from any residential, recreational,
commercial or industrial site, into a canal, sea outfall or other conduit controlled by
another person authorised to undertake the purification, treatment or disposal of waste or
water containing waste, subject to the approval of the person controlling the canal, sea
outfall or other conduit.
An entitlement under this Schedule does not override any other law, ordinance, bylaw or regulation, and is subject to any limitation or prohibition thereunder.
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