Water Management Act 1999
163Authority of permit
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163 Authority of permit
[Section 163 Substituted by No. 33 of 2015, s. 20, Applied:01 Jan 2016]
(1) A permit authorises the undertaking, in accordance with the permit, of the dam works –
(a) specified in the permit; or
(b) if the permit is a Division 4 permit – specified in the notice given under section 160 in relation to the dam works.
(2) Despite subsection (1) , a permit does not authorise the undertaking of the dam works specified in the permit, or, if the permit is a Division 4 permit, specified in a notice given under section 160 in relation to the dam works, without –
(a) the further authority of a licence, permit, approval or other authorisation, if another Act requires such a licence, permit, approval or other authorisation for the undertaking of the dam works; or
(b) the consent of the owner of the land on which those dam works are to be undertaken.