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Water Act 2000
sec.483Public access to database
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### sec.483 Public access to database
The office may make information in the database available to the public.
However, the publicly available part of the database must not include information the office reasonably believes is commercially sensitive.
A person may—
free of charge, inspect the details contained in the publicly available part of the database at the office’s head office during normal business hours; and
on payment of a fee decided by the chief executive, obtain a copy of the details from the office.
The fee decided by the chief executive must not be more than the reasonable cost of producing the copy.
s 483 prev s 483 amd 2001 No. 75 s 73
om 2008 No. 34 s 714
pres s 483 ins 2012 No. 39 s 70
amd 2014 No. 64 s 138
(sec.483-ssec.1) The office may make information in the database available to the public.
(sec.483-ssec.2) However, the publicly available part of the database must not include information the office reasonably believes is commercially sensitive.
(sec.483-ssec.3) A person may— free of charge, inspect the details contained in the publicly available part of the database at the office’s head office during normal business hours; and on payment of a fee decided by the chief executive, obtain a copy of the details from the office.
(sec.483-ssec.4) The fee decided by the chief executive must not be more than the reasonable cost of producing the copy.
- (a) free of charge, inspect the details contained in the publicly available part of the database at the office’s head office during normal business hours; and
- (b) on payment of a fee decided by the chief executive, obtain a copy of the details from the office.