WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 454
Directions to resource tenure holders and bore owners to give information
WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 454
Directions to resource tenure holders and bore owners to give information
454 Directions to resource tenure holders and bore owners to give information
(1) The chief executive may give a resource tenure holder a notice requiring
information about—
(a) compliance by the holder with its make good
obligations for a water bore; or
(b) the quantity and quality of water
produced or taken because of the exercise of the holder’s underground water
rights; or
(c) a matter stated in an underground water impact report or final
report given by the holder to the chief executive under part 2 .
(2) Also,
the chief executive may give a bore owner a notice requiring information
about—
(a) a matter for which the owner is required to keep information
under this Act in relation to the water bore; or
(b) the condition and
capacity of the water bore.
(3) A notice given under this section—
(a) may
be given at any time; and
(b) must state the reasonable period within which
the information must be given to the chief executive.
(4) The person to whom
the notice is given must comply with the notice, unless the person has a
reasonable excuse.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
(5)
If the person is an individual it is a reasonable excuse not to comply with
the notice if giving the information might tend to incriminate the individual.
