New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER MANAGEMENT (GENERAL) REGULATION 2004 - REG 4

4 Temporary extension of existing exemption

(1) Any person who, immediately before 1 July 2004, was taking or using water by means of a work identified in either of the Schedules to the Amnesty Document is exempt from sections 341 (1), 342 (1) and 343 (1) of the Act and so may continue to take and use water by means of that work without the need for a water supply work approval for the work, an access licence for water taken by means of the work or a water use approval for the use of the water so taken.

(2) The exemption conferred on a person by subclause (1):

(a) applies only while the person complies with such of the conditions set out in the Amnesty Document as are applicable to the work concerned, and

(b) ceases to have effect on 30 September 2005.

(3) In this clause, "Amnesty Document" means the document entitled NSW Water Amnesty Exemptions Provisions prepared within the former Department of Land and Water Conservation, with document identifier 0377706, copies of which are available for inspection at the offices of the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources.