WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 72 Draft water entitlement notice

WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 72

72 Draft water entitlement notice

(1) Before making a water entitlement notice, the chief executive must publish a draft of the water entitlement notice.

(2) As soon as practicable after publishing the draft of a water entitlement notice, the chief executive must publish a notice stating—

(a) the draft has been published; and

(b) where copies of the draft may be inspected; and

(c) that submissions about the draft may be made by any affected person; and

(d) the day by which, how and to whom, the submissions must be made; and

(e) that a notice under section 73 may be given at any time before the water entitlement notice has effect.

(3) A copy of the notice under subsection (2) must be given to each affected person.

(4) Subsection (5) applies if—

(a) the draft of a water entitlement notice provides for the conversion to a water allocation of a water licence; and

(b) a person (the
"relevant person" ) other than an affected person is also an owner, as defined in section 104 , of the land to which the licence attaches.

(5) A copy of the notice under subsection (2) must also be given to the relevant person.

(6) The period for making submissions must not be less than 30 business days after the notice is published.