Broken Hill Water Supply Act 54 Vic (NSW)

o4 54' VIC. 1890.

~ Broken Hill Water Supply.

wees An Act to enable the " Barrier Ranges and —_ Broken Hill Water Supply Company (Limited)" to establish a system of Water

Supply within the District of Broken Hill

and Silverton, and to confer upon the said

Company certain powers and authorities.

[17th December, 1890.]

Preamble, VA 7TIEREAS it is expedient that the District of Broken Hill and Silverton should be provided with an adequate supply

of water. And whereas a Company, undcr the name and style of

the "Barrier Ranges and Broken Hill Water Supply Company (Limited)," has been formed for the purpose of establishing works to

afford such a supply. Be it therefore enacted by the Queen' s Most

Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legisla-

tive Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :—

Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the " Broken Ilill Water Supply

Act." Its provisions being arranged under Four Parts, embracing the following subjects—

PART I.—Preliminary. PART IL— Provisions as to water supply.

PART IIl.—The acquisition and occupation by the Company of lands for purposes of water supply—ascerlainment of compen- sation in respect thereof.

PART IV.— Miscellaneous provisions—Legal procedure. Interpretation

of terms. And in the construction of this Act the following words and expres- sions in inverted commas shall, unless there be something in the context repugnant thereto or inconsistent therewith, bear the meanings and include the persons or things hereby respectiv cly set against such words and expressions, that is to say :—

"Central Authority'—The Minister for Public Works or the Minister charged with the administration of this Act.

" Company "—'The said * Barricr Ranges and Broken Hill Water Supply Company (Limitcd)," its "representatives or assigns, owners for the time being of the Broken Hill Waterworks.