Powers of the WUC:
(1) A water users' community is a public corporate body and may
(a)acquire, hold and control property and licences,
(b)acquire, construct, hold, maintain, improve, replace and operate works, and
(c)levy assessments on its members and enforce payment of those assessments by suit in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(2) A water users' community has the exclusive control and operation of the works constructed or used under the licences mentioned in its certificate of incorporation, and may refuse the use or benefit of those works to a member who is in default in paying an assessment or complying with a rule of the manager
Liabilities of Members:
(1) A member of a water users' community is liable for that part of the debts of the water users' community that is proportionate to the member's interest in the water users' community.
(2) On disposing of the land to which is appurtenant the licence on which his or her membership is based and notifying the manager, a member may limit his or her liability for the debts of the water users' community to those incurred before the notice was given.
(3) A purchaser of land to which water is conveyed through works controlled by a water users' community is liable for the assessments made and the debts of the water users' community incurred after his or her purchase of the land to the same extent as an original member, unless and until the purchaser notifies the manager that he or she does not wish to be a member of the water users' community.
Responsibilities of the Manager
(1)The business of a water users' community must be conducted by a manager, which includes a committee of management, who must, so far as is practicable, carry out the directions set out in resolutions passed at general meetings of the water users' community.
(2)The first manager must be appointed by the comptroller and all subsequent managers must be chosen by the members of the water users' community.
(3)A manager may be removed at any time at a meeting called for that purpose.
