sec.449Chief executive may direct resource tenure holder to carry out water monitoring activities

### sec.449 Chief executive may direct resource tenure holder to carry out water monitoring activities The chief executive may give notice to the resource tenure holder to carry out a water monitoring activity for a stated area. In deciding to give the notice, the chief executive must have regard to the impact considerations relating to the holder. The notice must state the following— a reasonable timetable for carrying out the water monitoring activity; a program for reporting to the office and the chief executive about the implementation of the activity; the parameters to be measured in carrying out the activity; the locations for taking the measurements; the frequency of the measurements. The holder must comply with the notice, unless the holder has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units. In this section— water monitoring activity , for a resource tenure, means gathering information about, or monitoring, the effects of the exercise of underground water rights by the holder of the tenure. s 449 prev s 449 om 2008 No. 34 s 714 pres s 449 ins 2010 No. 53 s 195 amd 2012 No. 39 s 69 ; 2014 No. 64 s 128 (sec.449-ssec.1) The chief executive may give notice to the resource tenure holder to carry out a water monitoring activity for a stated area. (sec.449-ssec.2) In deciding to give the notice, the chief executive must have regard to the impact considerations relating to the holder. (sec.449-ssec.3) The notice must state the following— a reasonable timetable for carrying out the water monitoring activity; a program for reporting to the office and the chief executive about the implementation of the activity; the parameters to be measured in carrying out the activity; the locations for taking the measurements; the frequency of the measurements. (sec.449-ssec.4) The holder must comply with the notice, unless the holder has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units. (sec.449-ssec.5) In this section— water monitoring activity , for a resource tenure, means gathering information about, or monitoring, the effects of the exercise of underground water rights by the holder of the tenure. - (a) a reasonable timetable for carrying out the water monitoring activity; - (b) a program for reporting to the office and the chief executive about the implementation of the activity; - (c) the parameters to be measured in carrying out the activity; - (d) the locations for taking the measurements; - (e) the frequency of the measurements.