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Water Act 2000
sec.181Application for resource operations licence or distribution operations licence
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### sec.181 Application for resource operations licence or distribution operations licence
An entity mentioned in section 176 (2) may apply for a resource operations licence for existing or proposed water infrastructure.
An entity mentioned in section 177 (2) may apply for a distribution operations licence for existing or proposed water infrastructure.
The application for either licence must—
be made to the chief executive in the approved form; and
include details of the existing or proposed infrastructure and arrangements for operating the infrastructure; and
state the impact on flows of the existing or proposed infrastructure and arrangements for the mitigation of the impact; and
be accompanied by—
the fee prescribed by regulation; and
if the application is not by the owner of the infrastructure—the owner’s written consent.
s 181 amd 2013 No. 23 s 251
sub 2014 No. 64 ss 67 (1) , 68
(sec.181-ssec.1) An entity mentioned in section 176 (2) may apply for a resource operations licence for existing or proposed water infrastructure.
(sec.181-ssec.2) An entity mentioned in section 177 (2) may apply for a distribution operations licence for existing or proposed water infrastructure.
(sec.181-ssec.3) The application for either licence must— be made to the chief executive in the approved form; and include details of the existing or proposed infrastructure and arrangements for operating the infrastructure; and state the impact on flows of the existing or proposed infrastructure and arrangements for the mitigation of the impact; and be accompanied by— the fee prescribed by regulation; and if the application is not by the owner of the infrastructure—the owner’s written consent.
- (a) be made to the chief executive in the approved form; and
- (b) include details of the existing or proposed infrastructure and arrangements for operating the infrastructure; and
- (c) state the impact on flows of the existing or proposed infrastructure and arrangements for the mitigation of the impact; and
- (d) be accompanied by— (i) the fee prescribed by regulation; and (ii) if the application is not by the owner of the infrastructure—the owner’s written consent.
- (i) the fee prescribed by regulation; and
- (ii) if the application is not by the owner of the infrastructure—the owner’s written consent.
- (i) the fee prescribed by regulation; and
- (ii) if the application is not by the owner of the infrastructure—the owner’s written consent.