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Water Act 2000
sec.373Obligation to give notice of closure—relevant events
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### sec.373 Obligation to give notice of closure—relevant events
This section applies to a resource tenure holder if—
the obligation to give a final report does not apply to the holder because the holder makes a renewal application for the tenure before the time for making the application expires; and
after the holder gives the chief executive a written declaration stating that the holder intends to apply for a renewal of the tenure, any of the following happens (each a relevant event )—
the holder withdraws the renewal application;
the renewal application for the tenure is rejected;
the renewal application is granted, and the holder later makes a surrender application for the tenure.
The holder must, on the day the relevant event happens, give the chief executive a notice of closure complying with section 372 (3) .
Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
However, subsection (2) applies only if the resource tenure holder has started exercising its underground water rights.
s 373 prev s 373 om 2008 No. 34 s 714
pres s 373 ins 2010 No. 53 s 195
amd 2014 No. 64 s 84 ; 2023 No. 24 s 75 s ch 1 pt 1
(sec.373-ssec.1) This section applies to a resource tenure holder if— the obligation to give a final report does not apply to the holder because the holder makes a renewal application for the tenure before the time for making the application expires; and after the holder gives the chief executive a written declaration stating that the holder intends to apply for a renewal of the tenure, any of the following happens (each a relevant event )— the holder withdraws the renewal application; the renewal application for the tenure is rejected; the renewal application is granted, and the holder later makes a surrender application for the tenure.
(sec.373-ssec.2) The holder must, on the day the relevant event happens, give the chief executive a notice of closure complying with section 372 (3) . Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
(sec.373-ssec.3) However, subsection (2) applies only if the resource tenure holder has started exercising its underground water rights.
- (a) the obligation to give a final report does not apply to the holder because the holder makes a renewal application for the tenure before the time for making the application expires; and
- (b) after the holder gives the chief executive a written declaration stating that the holder intends to apply for a renewal of the tenure, any of the following happens (each a relevant event )— (i) the holder withdraws the renewal application; (ii) the renewal application for the tenure is rejected; (iii) the renewal application is granted, and the holder later makes a surrender application for the tenure.
- (i) the holder withdraws the renewal application;
- (ii) the renewal application for the tenure is rejected;
- (iii) the renewal application is granted, and the holder later makes a surrender application for the tenure.
- (i) the holder withdraws the renewal application;
- (ii) the renewal application for the tenure is rejected;
- (iii) the renewal application is granted, and the holder later makes a surrender application for the tenure.