Water Management Act 1999
147Further notice of permit application
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147 Further notice of permit application
[Section 147 Subsection (1) substituted by No. 6 of 2007, s. 22, Applied:16 Jul 2007] [Section 147 Subsection (5) amended by No. 6 of 2007, s. 22, Applied:16 Jul 2007] [Section 147 Subsection (5) amended by No. 49 of 2002, s. 25, Applied:01 Mar 2003] [Section 147 Subsection (5) amended by No. 6 of 2007, s. 22, Applied:16 Jul 2007] [Section 147 Substituted by No. 33 of 2015, s. 20, Applied:01 Jan 2016]
(1) Within 14 days after receiving a permit application, the Minister is to notify the following persons of the details of the application:
(a) the Director;
(b) the Director of Inland Fisheries.
(2) Despite subsection (1) , the Minister is not required to notify –
(a) the Director, if the dam works proposed in the permit application are of a type the Director determines under subsection (3)(a) do not require such a notice; or
(b) the Director of Inland Fisheries, if the dam works proposed in the permit application are of a type the Director of Inland Fisheries determines under subsection (3)(b) do not require such a notice.
(3) By notice provided to the Minister –
(a) the Director may determine that notice under subsection (1)(a) is not required to be provided if the dam works proposed in the permit application are of a type specified in the determination; and
(b) the Director of Inland Fisheries may determine that notice under subsection (1)(b) is not required to be provided if the dam works proposed in the permit application are of a type specified in the determination.