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Water Act 2000
sec.456Functions of office
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### sec.456 Functions of office
The office’s main functions are—
to advise the chief executive on matters relating to impacts on underground water caused by the exercise of underground water rights by resource tenure holders; and
to establish and maintain a database of information about underground water; and
to prepare underground water impact reports for cumulative management areas.
The office’s functions also include any other function given to the office under this Act or another Act.
s 456 prev s 456 om 2008 No. 34 s 714
pres s 456 ins 2012 No. 39 s 70
amd 2014 No. 64 s 133
(sec.456-ssec.1) The office’s main functions are— to advise the chief executive on matters relating to impacts on underground water caused by the exercise of underground water rights by resource tenure holders; and to establish and maintain a database of information about underground water; and to prepare underground water impact reports for cumulative management areas.
(sec.456-ssec.2) The office’s functions also include any other function given to the office under this Act or another Act.
- (a) to advise the chief executive on matters relating to impacts on underground water caused by the exercise of underground water rights by resource tenure holders; and
- (b) to establish and maintain a database of information about underground water; and
- (c) to prepare underground water impact reports for cumulative management areas.