Water Management Act 1999
138Interpretation of Part
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138 Interpretation of Part
[Section 138 Subsection (2) amended by No. 6 of 2007, s. 16, Applied:16 Jul 2007] [Section 138 Subsection (3) inserted by No. 6 of 2007, s. 16, Applied:16 Jul 2007] [Section 138 Substituted by No. 33 of 2015, s. 20, Applied:01 Jan 2016] In this Part –
affected permit holder means the holder of a permit who is required by a condition of that permit to register an offset in the offsets register;
approval guidelines means guidelines issued under section 142 , as those guidelines are amended or substituted from time to time;
authorised operator means a person authorised by the owner of a dam to operate part, or all, of the dam or any infrastructure of the dam;
dam operating notice means a notice issued under section 164ZC ;
Division 3 permit means a permit issued under section 158 ;
Division 4 permit means a permit taken under section 161 to have been issued;
EPA Board means the Board of the Environment Protection Authority established under section 13 of the EMPC Act;
holder of a permit means a person who holds a Division 3 permit or a Division 4 permit;
notice of offset means a notice of offset referred to in section 164T ;
offset means any activity, mitigation measure, or action, that –
(a) may result from dam works or is a kind of activity, mitigation measure, or action, that is prescribed; and