69Term and expiry of order

69 Term and expiry of order

(1)  If, in the Minister's opinion, the need for an emergency restriction order no longer exists, the Minister must make an order revoking the emergency restriction order.

(2)  An order revoking an emergency restriction order must be published in a way that ensures, in the Minister's opinion, that the order will come to the attention of the persons affected by it.

(3)  If an emergency restriction order is not revoked within the prescribed period after the order is made, the order expires.

(4)  In subsection (3) , prescribed period means –

(a) if the order is made because of depletion of water supplies available for hydro-electric electricity generation, 6 months; or

(b) in any other case, one month.

(5)  The expiry of an emergency restriction order does not prevent the Minister from making a further emergency restriction order to the same or similar effect.