Water Management Act 1999
164XCancellation of registered offset when offset naturally ends
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164X Cancellation of registered offset when offset naturally ends
[Section 164X Inserted by No. 33 of 2015, s. 20, Applied:01 Jan 2016]
(1) As soon as practicable after the activity, mitigation, measure or action constituting a registered offset comes to its natural end –
(a) if the registered offset relates to land – the owner of the land; or
(b) if the registered offset relates to water – the owner of the dam to which the registered offset relates –
must notify the Secretary, in writing, of that fact.
(2) On receiving a notice under subsection (1) , the Secretary is to cancel the registration of the relevant offset by removing it from the offsets register.