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.