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Water Act 2000
sec.417Obligation to undertake bore assessment of immediately affected area bore in particular circumstances
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### sec.417 Obligation to undertake bore assessment of immediately affected area bore in particular circumstances
This section applies if—
an underground water impact report or an amendment of a report takes effect; and
the report identifies, or the amendment changes the area or location of, an immediately affected area of an aquifer.
For each immediately affected area bore that is not already the subject of a make good agreement, the responsible tenure holder for the bore must, unless the holder has a reasonable excuse, undertake a bore assessment of the bore that complies with this division before—
the day that is 60 business days after the report or amendment takes effect; or
if the chief executive agrees to a later day—that day.
Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
However, subsection (2) does not apply if a bore assessment of the bore has already been undertaken.
s 417 prev s 417 amd 2001 No. 75 s 3 sch 2 ; 2005 No. 19 s 104 ; 2006 No. 23 s 15
om 2008 No. 34 s 714
pres s 417 ins 2010 No. 53 s 195
(sec.417-ssec.1) This section applies if— an underground water impact report or an amendment of a report takes effect; and the report identifies, or the amendment changes the area or location of, an immediately affected area of an aquifer.
(sec.417-ssec.2) For each immediately affected area bore that is not already the subject of a make good agreement, the responsible tenure holder for the bore must, unless the holder has a reasonable excuse, undertake a bore assessment of the bore that complies with this division before— the day that is 60 business days after the report or amendment takes effect; or if the chief executive agrees to a later day—that day. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units.
(sec.417-ssec.3) However, subsection (2) does not apply if a bore assessment of the bore has already been undertaken.
- (a) an underground water impact report or an amendment of a report takes effect; and
- (b) the report identifies, or the amendment changes the area or location of, an immediately affected area of an aquifer.
- (a) the day that is 60 business days after the report or amendment takes effect; or
- (b) if the chief executive agrees to a later day—that day.