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WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 385 Decision on report

WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 385

Decision on report

385 Decision on report

(1) If a responsible entity gives the chief executive an underground water impact report or final report under this part, the chief executive must, within 60 business days after receiving the report, decide—
(a) to approve the report, with or without conditions; or
(b) to require the responsible entity to modify the report under section 384 .
(2) A condition imposed under subsection (1) (a) is taken to be part of the report.
(3) If the responsible entity is a resource tenure holder, the chief executive may seek advice from the office before making a decision under subsection (1) .
(4) The chief executive must, within 10 business days after approving the report, give notice of the decision to—
(a) the responsible entity for the report; and
(b) if the report relates to a cumulative management area—each holder of a CMA tenure within the area, other than the holder of a closing CMA tenure.
(5) The notice must state—
(a) any conditions of the approval; and
(b) the day the approved report takes effect.
(6) An underground water impact report or final report takes effect on the day stated in the notice.