Water Management Act 1999
164Conditions of Division 3 permit
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164 Conditions of Division 3 permit
[Section 164 Subsection (1) amended by No. 56 of 2008, s. 78, Applied:11 Feb 2009] [Section 164 Subsection (1) amended by No. 49 of 2002, s. 33, Applied:01 Mar 2003] [Section 164 Subsection (1) amended by No. 56 of 2008, s. 78, Applied:11 Feb 2009] [Section 164 Subsection (1) amended by No. 49 of 2002, s. 33, Applied:01 Mar 2003] [Section 164 Subsection (6) amended by No. 56 of 2008, s. 78, Applied:11 Feb 2009] [Section 164 Substituted by No. 33 of 2015, s. 20, Applied:01 Jan 2016]
(1) A Division 3 permit is subject to the conditions determined by the Minister and specified in the permit.
(2) The Minister may impose under subsection (1) conditions relating to any of the following matters:
(a) the time before which any activity that the permit authorises to be carried out must be commenced;
(b) the time by which any activity that the permit authorises to be carried out must be completed;
(c) the actions and activities that must be undertaken before the construction of any dam works that are to be undertaken under the permit;
(d) the investigation, or design specifications, of the dam works;
(e) the undertaking of the dam works;
(f) the conservation or protection of cultural heritage and natural values;
(g) the mitigation of the impact of the dam works on the free passage of fish;
(h) the type of, and the timing of the development and provision of, dam safety plans required for the dam works;
(i) reporting requirements relating to the dam works;
(j) offset measures and the requirements associated with offsets, including the consent by the owner of land to which the permit does not relate to the entry of an offset on the offsets register;