12Minister to keep certain registers

12 Minister to keep certain registers

(1)  [Section 12 Subsection (1) amended by No. 33 of 2015, s. 10, Applied:01 Jan 2016] [Section 12 Subsection (1) amended by No. 33 of 2015, s. 10, Applied:01 Jan 2016] [Section 12 Subsection (1) amended by No. 56 of 2008, s. 10, Applied:11 Feb 2009] [Section 12 Subsection (1) amended by No. 56 of 2008, s. 10, Applied:11 Feb 2009] The Minister must keep a register of all licences, water allocations and permits granted or issued under any Part of this Act in such form and containing such information as the Minister thinks fit.

(1A)  [Section 12 Subsection (1A) inserted by No. 33 of 2015, s. 10, Applied:01 Jan 2016] The Minister must keep a register of dams for the purposes of this Act.

(2)  Where a licence is transferred, or a water allocation of a licence is transferred, the Minister must record in the register such particulars as he or she thinks fit relating to the transfer.

(3)  [Section 12 Subsection (3) amended by No. 56 of 2008, s. 10, Applied:11 Feb 2009] A person may inspect the register without charge, excluding any information as to demerit points allocated to the licence of any other person, during normal business hours at such places as the Minister may direct.

(4)  Where any demerit points are allocated to a licence under Division 2 of Part 13 , the register is to include a notation to that effect.

(5)  A person may, on payment of the prescribed fee, obtain a copy of, or an extract from, an entry in the register but is not entitled to any information as to demerit points allocated to the licence of any other person.

(6)  A person may, on payment of the prescribed fee, inspect any notation in the register of demerit points allocated to his or her licence or, with the authority in writing of another licensee, to the licence held by that licensee.

(7)  The Minister may –