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WATER ACT 1912 - SECT 18G Application for permit

WATER ACT 1912 - SECT 18G

Application for permit

18G Application for permit

(1) On application being made for a permit the Ministerial Corporation shall decide whether the permit shall be granted or refused, and before such decision is arrived at the Ministerial Corporation may, should it consider it desirable so to do, cause to be advertised, in accordance with subsection (2), a notice:
(a) acknowledging receipt of the application, and
(b) requesting:
(i) where, at the time the application is made, the work is, or is proposed to be, situated within a declared local area, any local occupier or statutory authority (being an occupier or an authority whose interests may be affected by the granting of the application), or
(ii) where, at the time the application is made, the work is not, or is not proposed to be, situated within a declared local area, any person whose interests may be affected by the granting of the application,
to inform the Ministerial Corporation whether they support the application or object thereto and if they do so object the reasons therefor, and
(c) stating the last day on which such information will be received and the name or official designation and address of the persons to whom it shall be sent.
(2) The notice is to be advertised:
(a) in the Gazette, and
(b) in such other manner as the Ministerial Corporation is satisfied is likely to bring the notice to the attention of members of the public in the district where the work is or will be situated.