WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 375 When obligation to give final report does not apply

WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 375

375 When obligation to give final report does not apply

(1) Subsection (2) applies if—

(a) a holder’s resource tenure is ending other than by a surrender application; and

(b) the chief executive gives a notice to the holder under section 374 (2) ; and

(c) before the last day by which the holder may apply for a renewal of the resource tenure under a relevant Act, the holder gives the chief executive a written declaration stating that the holder intends to apply for the renewal.

(2) Section 374 (4) does not apply to the holder if the holder makes a renewal application for the tenure before the time for making the application expires, unless the holder later gives a notice of closure under section 373 .

(3) Subsection (4) applies if a resource tenure holder has made a surrender application for the tenure and, after a notice of closure is given, the holder withdraws the surrender application.

(4) Section 374 (4) does not apply to the holder.

(5) In this section—


"relevant Act" , for a renewal of a resource tenure, means whichever of the following Acts is relevant to the renewal of the tenure—

(a) the Mineral Resources Act ;

(b) the Petroleum Act 1923 ;

(c) the Petroleum and Gas Act .