ACCESS LICENCE DEALING PRINCIPLES ORDER 2004 - REG 16 Amendment of extraction component of access licence

ACCESS LICENCE DEALING PRINCIPLES ORDER 2004 - REG 16

16 Amendment of extraction component of access licence

(1) This clause applies to amendment of extraction component dealings under section 71S of the Act.

(2) Dealings under section 71S are prohibited--

(a) if the licence is suspended, or

(b) if the licence is a specific purpose access licence, apart from local water utility access licences and access licences of the subcategory town water supply.

(3) Amendment of the times, rates and circumstances part of the extraction component may only occur where--

(a) access licence dealing rules in the relevant plan make provision for it consistent with the principles in Part 2 of this Order, and

(b) those rules specifically indicate the nature of those amendments which are allowed.

(4) Subject to the other parts of this clause, access licence dealing rules may prohibit or regulate these dealings provided this is done consistent with the principles in Part 2 of this Order.

Note : As indicated in section 71S, the area or location arising from a variation of an access licence under this dealing must relate to the same water management area or water source as that to which the original area or location related.