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| Water Registrar approved forms To lodge a transaction of a water share you must use a form approved by the Water Registrar under the Water Act 1989. You can either use the forms available on this site or create your own version of the approved forms on your own computer except for transfer forms and limited term transfer forms. If you reproduce your own form you must make sure that the format, including layout, spacing, margins and information are the same as that of the approved form. The form must be on white A4 paper of not less than 80gsm, printed in portrait format using black ink on a high-quality printer. It must be printed on one side only. Forms for water trading approvals can be obtained from the Victorian Water Register website or over-the-counter from the relevant water authority. | |
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  |  Application by surviving owner (PDF - 71 KB) Application of Legal Personal Representative (PDF - 41 Kb) Application to Correct or Amend Name (PDF - 21 KB) Discharge of Mortgage of Water Share (PDF - 39 Kb) Mortgage of Water Share_All monies (PDF - 41 Kb) Mortgage of Water Share_Principal sum (PDF - 42 Kb) Surrender of Limited Term Transfer (PDF - 40 Kb) Transfer of Recorded Mortgage of Water Share (PDF - 41 Kb) Transfer of Water Share by Mortgagee (PDF - 47 Kb) Transmission Application by Trustee in Bankruptcy (PDF - 41 Kb) Variation of Priority of Recorded Mortgages (PDF - 39 Kb) Variation of Recorded Mortgage of Water Share (PDF - 41 Kb) Water Register Annexure page (PDF - 27 Kb)The following two transfer forms will be made available by your water authority on approval of your transfer or limited term transfer. The forms attached below are samples only - Transfer of Water Share (PDF - 227 Kb) Limited Term Transfer of Water Share (PDF - 228 Kb)The Application to Confirm Ownership of a Water Share form is to be used in all applications to confirm ownership of a water share. Application to Confirm Ownership of Water Share (PDF - 32 KB)If multiple parcels of land were listed as a 'holding' in the water authorities' Section 230 Registers on the appointed day when a water system became a declared water system under the Water Act 1989(for water systems in northern Victoria 1 July 2007 and southern Victoria 1 July 2008), the Act required the creation of water shares for those holdings as 'unconfirmed' - Clause 17(1)(a) or (b) if parcels in the holding were:
Suggested Statutory Declaration form (PDF - 33 KB)When a water share is unconfirmed – Schedule 15 Clause 18(2) of the Water Act 1989– there are additional requirements to ensure all entitled members agree on the ownership of the share. Please refer to the Registrar's Guidelines for applications to confirm these shares. Registrars Guidelines on Unincorporated Associations (PDF - 43 Kb)Owners of water shares that are ‘unconfirmed’ under Clause 17(1) (a) and (b) of the Water Act 1989 must agree on how they will own their share and which mortgages will apply etc, and apply to confirm the ownership of a water share – as above . If these shares remain unconfirmed 6 months after the relevant appointed day, then under the Water Act 1989 any entitled party may refer the matter to arbitration to settle ownership. The arbitration process is set out in Part 4 of Schedule 15 to the Act. Arbitration must be conducted in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Act 1984. An information sheet Disputes about Ownership of Unconfirmed Water Shares: the role of Arbitration is available from rural water authorities and the Water Register website. Any party referring a matter for arbitration must advise the Victorian Water Registrar. A notification form is attached below. Notice of Referral of matter to arbitration form (PDF - 13 KB) |
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 | Your guide to application by surviving owner of a water share (PDF - 306 Kb) Your guide to application by legal representative in respect of a water share (PDF - 322 Kb) Your guide to discharge of mortgage of a water share (PDF - 245 Kb) Your guide to mortgage of water share_all monies (PDF - 372 Kb) Your guide to mortgage of water share_principal sum (PDF - 415 Kb) Your guide to limited transfer of a water share (PDF - 389 Kb) Your guide to transfer of a water share (PDF - 364 Kb) Your guide to confirming ownership of watershare V2 (PDF - 129 Kb) If you require assistance or advice in relation to these guides please contact Land Victoria on 8636 2010. |
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