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Water Act 2000
sec.242Minister may direct chief executive to establish referral panel
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### sec.242 Minister may direct chief executive to establish referral panel
If the Minister receives an application under section 33 , the Minister may—
direct the chief executive to establish a referral panel to consider the application; and
refer the application to panel.
The referral panel must consider—
whether the works to which the application relates—
are substantially completed; or
would have been completed by the completion day but for a change in circumstances beyond the applicant’s control; and
whether the works can be completed, to the extent they would be functional, within a reasonable time.
The panel must make a recommendation, about the application, to the Minister within 20 business days after the day the panel receives the application.
s 242 sub 2014 No. 64 ss 67 (1) , 68
(sec.242-ssec.1) If the Minister receives an application under section 33 , the Minister may— direct the chief executive to establish a referral panel to consider the application; and refer the application to panel.
(sec.242-ssec.2) The referral panel must consider— whether the works to which the application relates— are substantially completed; or would have been completed by the completion day but for a change in circumstances beyond the applicant’s control; and whether the works can be completed, to the extent they would be functional, within a reasonable time.
(sec.242-ssec.3) The panel must make a recommendation, about the application, to the Minister within 20 business days after the day the panel receives the application.
- (a) direct the chief executive to establish a referral panel to consider the application; and
- (b) refer the application to panel.
- (a) whether the works to which the application relates— (i) are substantially completed; or (ii) would have been completed by the completion day but for a change in circumstances beyond the applicant’s control; and
- (i) are substantially completed; or
- (ii) would have been completed by the completion day but for a change in circumstances beyond the applicant’s control; and
- (b) whether the works can be completed, to the extent they would be functional, within a reasonable time.
- (i) are substantially completed; or
- (ii) would have been completed by the completion day but for a change in circumstances beyond the applicant’s control; and