New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER MANAGEMENT (GENERAL) REGULATION 2004 - REG 29ZE

29ZE Temporary exemption from requirements for certain access licences and approvals

(1) All persons are exempt from:

(a) sections 60A (1) and (2), 60C (1)-(4) and 60D of the Act in relation to the taking of tidal pool water, and

(b) section 91A (1) of the Act in relation to the use of tidal pool water, and

(c) section 91B (1) of the Act in relation to:

(i) the use of any water supply work by which tidal pool water is taken (being a water supply work constructed before 1 August 2009), and

(ii) the maintenance and repair of any such work,

for the period between 1 August 2009 and 31 July 2010 (inclusive).

(2) Subclause (1) ceases to apply to a person in relation to land when the person is given notice under clause 29ZF of the terms and conditions of the person’s replacement access licence for the land.

(3) The Minister may in a particular case by notice in writing to a landholder of eligible land extend the period of the exemption conferred by subclause (1) in its application to the landholder if the Minister is satisfied that the extension is necessary to enable the Minister to establish the landholder’s confirmed history of water usage.