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Water Act 2000
sec.454Directions to resource tenure holders and bore owners to give information
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### sec.454 Directions to resource tenure holders and bore owners to give information
The chief executive may give a resource tenure holder a notice requiring information about—
compliance by the holder with its make good obligations for a water bore; or
the quantity and quality of water produced or taken because of the exercise of the holder’s underground water rights; or
a matter stated in an underground water impact report or final report given by the holder to the chief executive under part 2 .
Also, the chief executive may give a bore owner a notice requiring information about—
a matter for which the owner is required to keep information under this Act in relation to the water bore; or
the condition and capacity of the water bore.
A notice given under this section—
may be given at any time; and
must state the reasonable period within which the information must be given to the chief executive.
The person to whom the notice is given must comply with the notice, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
If the person is an individual it is a reasonable excuse not to comply with the notice if giving the information might tend to incriminate the individual.
s 454 prev s 454 om 2008 No. 34 s 714
pres s 454 ins 2010 No. 53 s 195
amd 2014 No. 64 s 132
(sec.454-ssec.1) The chief executive may give a resource tenure holder a notice requiring information about— compliance by the holder with its make good obligations for a water bore; or the quantity and quality of water produced or taken because of the exercise of the holder’s underground water rights; or a matter stated in an underground water impact report or final report given by the holder to the chief executive under part 2 .
(sec.454-ssec.2) Also, the chief executive may give a bore owner a notice requiring information about— a matter for which the owner is required to keep information under this Act in relation to the water bore; or the condition and capacity of the water bore.
(sec.454-ssec.3) A notice given under this section— may be given at any time; and must state the reasonable period within which the information must be given to the chief executive.
(sec.454-ssec.4) The person to whom the notice is given must comply with the notice, unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
(sec.454-ssec.5) If the person is an individual it is a reasonable excuse not to comply with the notice if giving the information might tend to incriminate the individual.
- (a) compliance by the holder with its make good obligations for a water bore; or
- (b) the quantity and quality of water produced or taken because of the exercise of the holder’s underground water rights; or
- (c) a matter stated in an underground water impact report or final report given by the holder to the chief executive under part 2 .
- (a) a matter for which the owner is required to keep information under this Act in relation to the water bore; or
- (b) the condition and capacity of the water bore.
- (a) may be given at any time; and
- (b) must state the reasonable period within which the information must be given to the chief executive.