WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 51 Preparing an amendment or replacement of water plan

WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 51

51 Preparing an amendment or replacement of water plan

(1) To amend or replace a water plan, sections 44 to 48 apply to the proposed amending or replacement water plan (the
"amending or replacement plan" )—

(a) as if a reference in the sections to a water plan were a reference to the amended or replaced plan; and

(b) with any other necessary changes.

(2) However, the consultation provisions do not apply if the amendment to be made is—

(a) of a type stated in the plan as not requiring public consultation on a draft of the plan and the Minister reasonably believes the amendment will not adversely affect the rights of the water entitlement holders or natural ecosystems; or

(b) only to correct a minor error in the water plan, or make another change that is not a change of substance.

(3) The consultation provisions do not apply to the Minister preparing and finalising a new water plan that is to replace 2 or more existing water plans if the new plan does not change the substance of the plans being replaced.

(4) In this section—


"consultation provisions" means sections 44 to 46 .