WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 213
When chief executive must amend operations licence
WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 213
When chief executive must amend operations licence
213 When chief executive must amend operations licence
(1) Subsection (2) applies if—
(a) a water entitlement holder gives the
chief executive notice in the approved form that the holder no longer wishes
the holder’s water to be taken under the operations licence; or
(b) a water
entitlement holder ceases to be a water entitlement holder.
(2) The chief
executive must—
(a) amend the operations licence; and
(b) give the licensee
a copy of the notice received under subsection (1) (a) and an amended licence
in the approved form; and
(c) advise the water entitlement holder of the
action taken.
(3) The amended licence takes effect from the day stated in the
amended licence.
(4) Unless the licensee otherwise consents, the day stated
in the amended licence must not be earlier than 5 business days after the day
the chief executive gives the licensee an amended licence.
(5) If subsection
(2) applies because of subsection (1) (b) , the amendment may, with the
consent of the new water entitlement holder and the licensee, include the new
holder instead of the previous holder.