WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 746
Power to enter land to monitor compliance
WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 746
Power to enter land to monitor compliance
746 Power to enter land to monitor compliance
(1) An authorised officer may, at any reasonable time, enter land of an owner
of land authorised, or taken to be authorised, under this Act to take,
interfere with or use water to do any 1 or more of the following—
(a) read
any device used for recording the taking of, interfering with, or use of the
water;
(b) check the accuracy of, or repair or replace, the device;
(c)
calculate or measure the water taken, interfered with or used;
(d) ensure the
conditions of the authorisation or the provisions of a plan under this Act for
the taking of, interfering with or use of the water are being complied with;
(e) find out if a petroleum tenure holder is complying with an obligation
applying to the holder under chapter 3 ;
(f) test or assess equipment or
water monitoring bores used for complying with an obligation applying to a
petroleum tenure holder under chapter 3 .
(2) An authorised officer may, at
any reasonable time, enter land of an owner of land authorised, or taken to be
authorised, under this Act to take, interfere with or destroy other resources
to do any 1 or more of the following—
(a) calculate or measure the resource
taken, interfered with or destroyed;
(b) ensure the conditions of the
authorisation are being complied with.
(3) An authorised officer may, at any
reasonable time, enter land where an activity mentioned in section 983J(1) is
being carried out to ensure the carrying out of the activity complies with
this Act.
(4) An authorised officer may, at any reasonable time, enter land
to find out if a development approval is being complied with.
(5) Subsection
(4) applies only to the extent the development approval relates to a matter
mentioned in section 740(1) (b) (ii) .