Water Management Act 1999
279ACompensatory orders for gas pipeline safety detriments
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279A Compensatory orders for gas pipeline safety detriments
[Section 279A Inserted by No. 57 of 2002, s. 19, Applied:05 Dec 2002]
(1) In this section –
appeal means an appeal to the Appeal Tribunal –
(a) [Section 279A Subsection (1) amended by No. 33 of 2015, s. 35, Applied:01 Jan 2016] by a pipeline licensee against the grant of an application for a Division 3 permit; or
(b) [Section 279A Subsection (1) amended by No. 33 of 2015, s. 35, Applied:01 Jan 2016] by an applicant against the refusal to grant an application for a Division 3 permit;
[Section 279A Subsection (1) amended by No. 56 of 2008, s. 116, Applied:11 Feb 2009]
[Section 279A Subsection (1) amended by No. 33 of 2015, s. 35, Applied:01 Jan 2016] [Section 279A Subsection (1) amended by No. 33 of 2015, s. 35, Applied:01 Jan 2016] representations, in relation to a Division 3 permit, means representations made to the Minister under section 146 on the application for the permit.
(2) [Section 279A Subsection (2) amended by No. 33 of 2015, s. 35, Applied:01 Jan 2016] If the Appeal Tribunal's determination on an appeal will result in a Division 3 permit being granted subject to conditions designed to ensure the safety or safe operation of a pipeline in a pipeline planning corridor and the Appeal Tribunal is satisfied that –
(a) the conditions are the same or substantially the same as conditions that were recommended by the pipeline licensee in representations; and
(b) the conditions will add to the cost of the dam works; and
(c) the pipeline licensee knew or reasonably ought to have known of the applicant's need or intention to undertake the dam works before the pipeline was constructed –