WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 147 Granting water allocations under a process in a plan

WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 147

147 Granting water allocations under a process in a plan

(1) Subsection (2) applies if a water plan, water management protocol or regulation states a process for the allocation of water under a water allocation.

(2) The chief executive may grant a water allocation in accordance with the process.

(3) On the day the allocation is granted, the registrar must record on the water allocations register details of the allocation.

(4) If the allocation is managed under a resource operations licence, the allocation holder and the resource operations licence holder must have a supply contract for the allocation.

(5) Subsection (4) does not apply if—

(a) the resource operations licence holder and the water allocation holder are the same person; or

(b) the water allocation holder is a subsidiary company of the resource operations licence holder.

(6) Within 30 business days after the chief executive grants the allocation, the chief executive must give the allocation holder a notice about the granting of the allocation.

(7) The allocation has effect on the day the registrar records the granting of the allocation in the water allocations register.