Farm Water Development Act 1985. Country/Territory Australia Territorial subdivision Tasmania Document type Legislation Date 1985 (2017) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to provide for the making of loans to assist in the development of water resources for use on farms and to make provision for incidental matters. Subject Water Keyword Irrigation Waterworks Agricultural development Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Abstract Subject to this Act, Tasmania Development and Resources may, out of the money available to it under section 12, make loans to eligible persons for the purposes specified in section 5. A loan may be made to an eligible person for the purposes of: (a) the construction of a dam or weir across a river in order to store water for use on a farm owned or occupied by that eligible person; or (b) the drilling or construction of a well or bore in order to take water for use on a farm owned or occupied by that eligible person; or (c) the provision of an irrigation system on a farm owned or occupied by that eligible person. Full text English Website www.legislation.tas.gov.au