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WATER ACT 1989 - SECT 46C

Ministerial approval

    (1)     The Minister may—

        (a)     on a request from the Authority, approve the assigning of a water allocation for the purposes of section 46; or

        (b)     on an application by a person, approve the assigning of a water allocation for the purposes of section 46A.

    (2)     The Minister, in deciding whether or not to approve an assignment under subsection (1), must have regard to—

        (a)     any adverse effect that the assignment is likely to have on—

              (i)     other persons that take water from the same water system; and

              (ii)     on the maintenance of the environmental water reserve in accordance with the environmental water reserve objective;

        (b)     whether the assignment is in accordance with any relevant rules made by the Minister under section 47E;

        (c)     any other prescribed reason.

    (3)     Any request or application to the Minister to which subsection (1) applies must—

        (a)     be made in a form and manner approved by the Minister; and

        (b)     contain any information that is required by the Minister; and

S. 46C(3)(c) amended by No. 29/2011 s. 3(Sch.  1 item 105.1).

        (c)     be accompanied by the prescribed fee, if any, for the application.

S. 46CA inserted by No. 48/2021 s. 51.



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