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sec.851Who is an interested person
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### sec.851 Who is an interested person
A person who has been given an information notice or a compliance notice by the chief executive, or an authorised officer appointed by the chief executive, is an interested person .
However, if the decision for which the notice was given is in relation to a water plan or water entitlement notice, the interested person may appeal only to the extent a different decision, consistent with the plan or water entitlement notice, could have been made.
A ratepayer or customer of a category 2 water authority who is dissatisfied with the authority’s decision about a rate or charge made and levied on the customer or ratepayer is an interested person .
The decision or action for which a notice was given under subsection (1) or the decision mentioned in subsection (3) is an original decision .
s 851 amd 2001 No. 75 s 84 ; 2003 No. 19 s 3 sch ; 2005 No. 19 s 146 ; 2005 No. 42 s 52 sch 1 ; 2008 No. 34 s 725 ; 2014 No. 40 s 144 ; 2018 No. 24 s 282 sch 1
(sec.851-ssec.1) A person who has been given an information notice or a compliance notice by the chief executive, or an authorised officer appointed by the chief executive, is an interested person .
(sec.851-ssec.2) However, if the decision for which the notice was given is in relation to a water plan or water entitlement notice, the interested person may appeal only to the extent a different decision, consistent with the plan or water entitlement notice, could have been made.
(sec.851-ssec.3) A ratepayer or customer of a category 2 water authority who is dissatisfied with the authority’s decision about a rate or charge made and levied on the customer or ratepayer is an interested person .
(sec.851-ssec.4) The decision or action for which a notice was given under subsection (1) or the decision mentioned in subsection (3) is an original decision .