The purpose of this Act is to ensure food safety and agricultural sustainability; promote the development of farmland water conservancy matters; improve the construction, maintenance, and management of farmland water conservancy facilities in order to stabilize the supply of irrigation water needed for the development of agriculture and expansion of irrigation services; maintain agricultural production and upgrade the usage value of farmland; and appropriately handle reform of the system of irrigation associations. The Competent Authority shall demarcate farmland water conservancy facilities areas, as well as manage and maintain them, and shall announce the areas to the public. Irrigation systems within the farmland water conservancy activities areas shall be designated by the Competent Authority. Farmland water conservancy facilities shall not be concurrently used for other purposes. However, in cases where there is no obstruction to the original functions or maintenance of the facilities, an applicant may, with an attached plan, apply to the Competent Authority for authorization to concurrently use such facilities for other purposes. For uses of the following types of land for purposes other than water conservancy activities applied for according to law, the approval of the Competent Authority shall be secured: 1. Land used for activities of an Irrigation Association prior to the coming into effect of this law and whose land use category is water conservancy land. 2. Land appropriated, purchased at a negotiated price, or expropriated by the Competent Authority according to law and which is provided for use for water conservancy facilities. 3. Land which is announced as being in a farmland water conservancy facilities area. The Act further makes provisions, inter alia, for: irrigation management organizations and personnel in farmland water conservancy activities areas, funding for farmland water conservancy activities, offences and penalties, etc.
Provincia china de Taiwán · 2020-07-22