sec.163Cancelling water allocations

### sec.163 Cancelling water allocations The chief executive may cancel a water allocation if the water allocation is surrendered. However, if the chief executive cancels a water allocation managed under a resource operations licence or a distribution operations licence, the chief executive must give notice of the cancellation to the licence holder. If the chief executive cancels a water allocation, the chief executive must give notice to the registrar. On receiving notice, the registrar must record the cancellation on the water allocations register. s 163 ins 2014 No. 64 s 68 (sec.163-ssec.1) The chief executive may cancel a water allocation if the water allocation is surrendered. (sec.163-ssec.2) However, if the chief executive cancels a water allocation managed under a resource operations licence or a distribution operations licence, the chief executive must give notice of the cancellation to the licence holder. (sec.163-ssec.3) If the chief executive cancels a water allocation, the chief executive must give notice to the registrar. (sec.163-ssec.4) On receiving notice, the registrar must record the cancellation on the water allocations register.