WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 183 Chief executive must amend a resource operations licence or distribution operations licence for consistency with water plan

WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 183

183 Chief executive must amend a resource operations licence or distribution operations licence for consistency with water plan

(1) This section applies if the resource operations licence or distribution operations licence is inconsistent with the water plan outcomes, measures or objectives of the water plan.

(2) The chief executive must amend the licence to the extent necessary to be consistent with water plan outcomes, measures or objectives of the plan.

(3) However, the chief executive must consult with the holder of the licence before amending the licence.

(4) Subsection (5) applies if—

(a) the licence is a resource operations licence; and

(b) the amendment proposed by the chief executive under subsection (2) is or includes a change to the environmental management rules for the licence.

(5) The holder of the resource operations licence may, after the chief executive has consulted with the holder under subsection (3) about the proposed amendment, ask the chief executive, in writing, to refer the proposed change to the rules to a referral panel.

(6) Section 184A includes the procedure relating to a request made under subsection (5) .

(7) The chief executive must, within 30 business days, give the holder of the licence notice of the amendment and a copy of the amended licence.