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Water Act 2000
sec.388Effect of approved underground water impact report
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### sec.388 Effect of approved underground water impact report
On the day an approved underground water impact report takes effect, the following cease to apply—
if the report relates to a cumulative management area other than an area that is within a closing CMA tenure—any existing underground water impact report relating to the cumulative management area or a resource tenure within the area identified in the CMA gazette notice for the area;
if the report relates to a closing CMA tenure or a resource tenure other than a CMA tenure—any existing underground water impact report relating to the resource tenure.
Subsection (1) does not prevent proceedings being started or continued for an offence under section 390 for a failure to comply with an underground water impact report that has ceased applying under subsection (1) , if the failure to comply happened when the report was in effect.
In this section—
CMA gazette notice , for a cumulative management area, means the gazette notice under section 365 declaring the area to be a cumulative management area.
s 388 prev s 388 amd 2005 No. 56 s 8 ; 2006 No. 23 s 10 ; 2006 No. 59 s 80 ; 2007 No. 57 s 84
om 2008 No. 34 s 714
pres s 388 ins 2010 No. 53 s 195
amd 2014 No. 64 s 93
(sec.388-ssec.1) On the day an approved underground water impact report takes effect, the following cease to apply— if the report relates to a cumulative management area other than an area that is within a closing CMA tenure—any existing underground water impact report relating to the cumulative management area or a resource tenure within the area identified in the CMA gazette notice for the area; if the report relates to a closing CMA tenure or a resource tenure other than a CMA tenure—any existing underground water impact report relating to the resource tenure.
(sec.388-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not prevent proceedings being started or continued for an offence under section 390 for a failure to comply with an underground water impact report that has ceased applying under subsection (1) , if the failure to comply happened when the report was in effect.
(sec.388-ssec.3) In this section— CMA gazette notice , for a cumulative management area, means the gazette notice under section 365 declaring the area to be a cumulative management area.
- (a) if the report relates to a cumulative management area other than an area that is within a closing CMA tenure—any existing underground water impact report relating to the cumulative management area or a resource tenure within the area identified in the CMA gazette notice for the area;
- (b) if the report relates to a closing CMA tenure or a resource tenure other than a CMA tenure—any existing underground water impact report relating to the resource tenure.