Water Management Act 1999
154Failure by Minister to determine application
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154 Failure by Minister to determine application
[Section 154 Subsection (1) amended by No. 49 of 2002, s. 27, Applied:01 Mar 2003] [Section 154 Subsection (2) amended by No. 6 of 2007, s. 26, Applied:16 Jul 2007] [Section 154 Subsection (3) amended by No. 6 of 2007, s. 26, Applied:16 Jul 2007] [Section 154 Subsection (4) amended by No. 6 of 2007, s. 26, Applied:16 Jul 2007] [Section 154 Substituted by No. 56 of 2008, s. 69, Applied:11 Feb 2009] [Section 154 Substituted by No. 33 of 2015, s. 20, Applied:01 Jan 2016] If the Minister fails to determine a permit application within the relevant period referred to in section 153(1) , the Minister must –
(a) grant the permit application; and
(b) issue under section 158 to the applicant, within 28 days after failing to determine the permit application, a permit on the conditions the Minister thinks fit and specifies in the permit in accordance with section 164 .