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Water Act 2000
sec.955Governor in Council may appoint administrator to operate infrastructure
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### sec.955 Governor in Council may appoint administrator to operate infrastructure
This section applies if the chief executive cancels a resource operations licence, an interim resource operations licence or a distribution operations licence.
The Governor in Council may, by gazette notice, authorise the following person (the administrator ) to operate the infrastructure to which the licence relates and use the licence holder’s water entitlement to operate the infrastructure—
the chief executive;
any other person who has the necessary experience or qualifications to operate the infrastructure.
The appointment has effect from the day the notice is published until—
the day stated in the notice; or
if no day is stated in the notice—the day a further notice withdrawing the appointment is published in the gazette.
The appointment may deal with any matter necessary or convenient to help the administrator operate the infrastructure.
s 955 amd 2001 No. 75 s 89 ; 2003 No. 19 s 3 sch ; 2003 No. 25 s 128 ; 2005 No. 19 s 149 ; 2008 No. 34 s 733
(sec.955-ssec.1) This section applies if the chief executive cancels a resource operations licence, an interim resource operations licence or a distribution operations licence.
(sec.955-ssec.2) The Governor in Council may, by gazette notice, authorise the following person (the administrator ) to operate the infrastructure to which the licence relates and use the licence holder’s water entitlement to operate the infrastructure— the chief executive; any other person who has the necessary experience or qualifications to operate the infrastructure.
(sec.955-ssec.3) The appointment has effect from the day the notice is published until— the day stated in the notice; or if no day is stated in the notice—the day a further notice withdrawing the appointment is published in the gazette.
(sec.955-ssec.4) The appointment may deal with any matter necessary or convenient to help the administrator operate the infrastructure.
- (a) the chief executive;
- (b) any other person who has the necessary experience or qualifications to operate the infrastructure.
- (a) the day stated in the notice; or
- (b) if no day is stated in the notice—the day a further notice withdrawing the appointment is published in the gazette.