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Water Act 2000
sec.746Power to enter land to monitor compliance
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### sec.746 Power to enter land to monitor compliance
An authorised officer may, at any reasonable time, enter land of an owner of land authorised, or taken to be authorised, under this Act to take, interfere with or use water to do any 1 or more of the following—
inspect, read or obtain information from a device, equipment or other thing used for recording the taking of, interfering with, or use of the water, including, for example—
a measurement device; and
a device, equipment or other thing that is a component of a measurement system;
check the operation of, or repair or replace, a device, equipment or other thing mentioned in paragraph (a) ;
calculate or measure the water taken, interfered with or used;
ensure the conditions of the authorisation or the provisions of a plan under this Act for the taking of, interfering with or use of the water are being complied with;
find out if a petroleum tenure holder is complying with an obligation applying to the holder under chapter 3 ;
test or assess equipment or water monitoring bores used for complying with an obligation applying to a petroleum tenure holder under chapter 3 .
An authorised officer may, at any reasonable time, enter land of an owner of land authorised, or taken to be authorised, under this Act to take, interfere with or destroy other resources to do any 1 or more of the following—
calculate or measure the resource taken, interfered with or destroyed;
ensure the conditions of the authorisation are being complied with.
An authorised officer may, at any reasonable time, enter land where an activity mentioned in section 983J (1) is being carried out to ensure the carrying out of the activity complies with this Act.
An authorised officer may, at any reasonable time, enter land to find out if a development approval is being complied with.
Subsection (4) applies only to the extent the development approval relates to a matter mentioned in section 740 (1) (b) (ii) .
s 746 amd 2009 No. 36 s 872 sch 2 ; 2010 No. 53 s 197 ; 2013 No. 23 ss 297 , 352 (1) sch 1 pt 2 ; 2016 No. 27 s 669 ; 2018 No. 7 s 53 ; 2018 No. 24 s 282 sch 1 ; 2023 No. 24 s 44
(sec.746-ssec.1) An authorised officer may, at any reasonable time, enter land of an owner of land authorised, or taken to be authorised, under this Act to take, interfere with or use water to do any 1 or more of the following— inspect, read or obtain information from a device, equipment or other thing used for recording the taking of, interfering with, or use of the water, including, for example— a measurement device; and a device, equipment or other thing that is a component of a measurement system; check the operation of, or repair or replace, a device, equipment or other thing mentioned in paragraph (a) ; calculate or measure the water taken, interfered with or used; ensure the conditions of the authorisation or the provisions of a plan under this Act for the taking of, interfering with or use of the water are being complied with; find out if a petroleum tenure holder is complying with an obligation applying to the holder under chapter 3 ; test or assess equipment or water monitoring bores used for complying with an obligation applying to a petroleum tenure holder under chapter 3 .
(sec.746-ssec.2) An authorised officer may, at any reasonable time, enter land of an owner of land authorised, or taken to be authorised, under this Act to take, interfere with or destroy other resources to do any 1 or more of the following— calculate or measure the resource taken, interfered with or destroyed; ensure the conditions of the authorisation are being complied with.
(sec.746-ssec.3) An authorised officer may, at any reasonable time, enter land where an activity mentioned in section 983J (1) is being carried out to ensure the carrying out of the activity complies with this Act.
(sec.746-ssec.4) An authorised officer may, at any reasonable time, enter land to find out if a development approval is being complied with.
(sec.746-ssec.5) Subsection (4) applies only to the extent the development approval relates to a matter mentioned in section 740 (1) (b) (ii) .
- (a) inspect, read or obtain information from a device, equipment or other thing used for recording the taking of, interfering with, or use of the water, including, for example— (i) a measurement device; and (ii) a device, equipment or other thing that is a component of a measurement system;
- (i) a measurement device; and
- (ii) a device, equipment or other thing that is a component of a measurement system;
- (b) check the operation of, or repair or replace, a device, equipment or other thing mentioned in paragraph (a) ;
- (c) calculate or measure the water taken, interfered with or used;
- (d) ensure the conditions of the authorisation or the provisions of a plan under this Act for the taking of, interfering with or use of the water are being complied with;
- (e) find out if a petroleum tenure holder is complying with an obligation applying to the holder under chapter 3 ;
- (f) test or assess equipment or water monitoring bores used for complying with an obligation applying to a petroleum tenure holder under chapter 3 .
- (i) a measurement device; and
- (ii) a device, equipment or other thing that is a component of a measurement system;
- (a) calculate or measure the resource taken, interfered with or destroyed;
- (b) ensure the conditions of the authorisation are being complied with.