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Water Act 2000
sec.101Authorisation that may be altered or limited by water planning instrument
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### sec.101 Authorisation that may be altered or limited by water planning instrument
A person may, subject to any relevant alteration or limitation prescribed under a moratorium notice, water plan or a regulation under section 1046 do the following—
take water if doing so is necessary to carry out an activity prescribed by regulation;
take overland flow water for any purpose;
take or interfere with underground water for any purpose;
take water that has been collected in a dam for any purpose other than a dam across a watercourse or lake.
A regulation may prescribe limitations on the carrying out of an activity prescribed under subsection (1) (a) .
Despite subsection (1) (b) , the alteration or limitation can not prevent a person from taking overland flow water, that is contaminated agricultural run-off, to the extent the taking is necessary to comply with an obligation on the person under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 .
s 101 amd 2001 No. 75 s 21 ; 2005 No. 19 s 16
sub 2014 No. 64 ss 67 (1) , 68 (amd 2016 No. 60 s 15 (17) )
amd 2018 No. 24 s 247
(sec.101-ssec.1) A person may, subject to any relevant alteration or limitation prescribed under a moratorium notice, water plan or a regulation under section 1046 do the following— take water if doing so is necessary to carry out an activity prescribed by regulation; take overland flow water for any purpose; take or interfere with underground water for any purpose; take water that has been collected in a dam for any purpose other than a dam across a watercourse or lake.
(sec.101-ssec.2) A regulation may prescribe limitations on the carrying out of an activity prescribed under subsection (1) (a) .
(sec.101-ssec.3) Despite subsection (1) (b) , the alteration or limitation can not prevent a person from taking overland flow water, that is contaminated agricultural run-off, to the extent the taking is necessary to comply with an obligation on the person under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 .
- (a) take water if doing so is necessary to carry out an activity prescribed by regulation;
- (b) take overland flow water for any purpose;
- (c) take or interfere with underground water for any purpose;
- (d) take water that has been collected in a dam for any purpose other than a dam across a watercourse or lake.