Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975

PART 1 - PRELIMINARY  

Division 2 - Definitions  

Subdivision B - Some defined terms and rules of interpretation  

SECTION 26A   MEANING OF REGISTRABLE WATER ENTITLEMENT  

26A(1)    
A registrable water entitlement of a person is any of the following rights that the person holds (alone or jointly):

(a)    an irrigation right (within the meaning of the Water Act 2007 ) that relates to a water resource in Australia;

(b)    a right (including an Australian water access entitlement) conferred by or under a law of a State or Territory to do either or both of the following:

(i) to hold water from a water resource in Australia;

(ii) to take water from a water resource in Australia.

26A(2)    

However, a registrable water entitlement does not include:

(a)    stock and domestic rights; or

(b)    riparian rights; or

(c)    water allocations; or

(d)    a right of a kind specified in the regulations.