WATER ACT 1912 - SECT 18O Power to suspend permit etc

WATER ACT 1912 - SECT 18O

18O Power to suspend permit etc

If by reason of an actual or threatened shortage of water or for other sufficient cause the Ministerial Corporation considers a permit should be suspended, modified or withdrawn, or that the quantity of water authorised by the permit to be taken thereunder should be reduced, the Ministerial Corporation may give the permittee notice by letter served on the permittee personally or sent by post to the permittee at the permittee's address last known to the Ministerial Corporation, that, after the expiration of a period specified in the notice, it is the intention of the Ministerial Corporation to suspend, modify or withdraw the permit or to reduce the quantity of water to be taken and thereupon the permit shall be suspended, modified or withdrawn or the quantity of water reduced according to the tenor of the notice.