Commonwealth Numbered Acts Commonwealth Numbered Acts(1) The accreditation of a water resource plan under section 63 ceases to have effect at the end of the period of 10 years starting on the date on which the plan is accredited if the water resource plan has not ceased to have effect before that time.
(2) The Minister may extend, or further extend, the period for which the accreditation has effect. The extension or further extension must be made in writing.
(3) An extension or further extension made under subsection (2) is a legislative instrument, but section 42 (disallowance) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 does not apply to the extension or further extension.
(4) The period for which the effect of the accreditation is extended must not end later than the end of the period of 11 years starting on the day on which the plan is first accredited.
(5) An extension of a period under subsection (2) cannot be made after the end of the period or the period as previously extended.