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WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 1058 Reinstating particular expired licences in former water areas

WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 1058

Reinstating particular expired licences in former water areas

1058 Reinstating particular expired licences in former water areas

(1) This section applies to a licence in a former water area if—
(a) the former water area was continued in existence under section 1083(2); and
(b) under the licence the registered owner of land was supplied with water; and
(c) the licence has expired; and
(d) the registered owner has continued to be supplied with water as if the licence had not expired.
(2) The chief executive may reinstate the licence by granting a water licence under this Act without an application being made under section 221—
(a) if the former water area’s former water board was continued in existence as a water authority under section 1083(3)—to the water authority; or
(b) otherwise—to the chief executive.
(3) A water licence granted under subsection (2) is taken to have been in force from the day the licence it replaced expired.