Register of Foreign Ownership of Water or Agricultural Land Act 2015. Pays/Territoire Australie Type du document Législation Date 2015 (2019) Source FAO, FAOLEX Titre completAn Act to provide for the collection of information, and publication of statistics, about foreign interests in certain land, and for related purposes. Sujet Terre et sols, Eau Mot clé Propriété étrangère Procédures judiciaires/procédures administratives Terrains agricoles Enregistrement Propriété Gestion des resources en eau douce Droits d'utilisation de l'eau Aire géographique Asie et Pacifique, Australie et Nouvelle-Zélande, Océan Indien, Océanie, Pacifique Sud Résumé This Act establishes the Register of Foreign Ownership of Water or Agricultural Land. It specifies the following: The first register is the Register of Foreign Ownership of Agricultural Land, which contains: a) information the Commissioner obtains about foreign persons’ holdings of agricultural land; and b) published statistics derived from that information. Foreign persons must give notice to the Commissioner of: a) their holdings of agricultural land as at the start of 1 July 2015; and b) later events causing agricultural land to start or cease to be held by foreign persons. The second register is the Register of Foreign Ownership of Water Entitlements, which contains: a) information the Commissioner obtains about foreign persons’ holdings of certain water entitlements and contractual water rights; and b) published statistics derived from that information. Foreign persons must give notice to the Commissioner of: a) their holdings of such water entitlements and contractual water rights as at the end of 30 November 2017; and b) later events causing such entitlements or rights to start or cease to be held by foreign persons, notice of which must be given annually. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.legislation.gov.au