104Duration of approval

#### 104 Duration of approval 104 Duration of approval > > (1) Subject to this section, an approval has effect for such period as is specified in the approval (being a period not exceeding 10 years) or, if the period of the approval is extended under section 105, that extended period. > > > (2) An approval granted to a major utility or a local water utility has effect for a period of 20 years or, if that 20-year period is extended under section 105, that extended period. > > > (3) A water supply work approval for a water bore that is used solely for accessing water to which the holder is entitled as a basic landholder right (other than water from the Great Artesian Basin) has effect until it is cancelled. > > > (4) If an application for extension of an approval is lodged before the approval expires, the term of the expiring approval is extended until— > > > > > (a) the date of the final decision on the application, or > > > > > (b) a date fixed by the Minister for the approval, > > > > whichever is the later date. > > > (5) If— > > > > > (a) an approval expires without an application for its extension being made, and > > > > > (b) an application for its extension is subsequently made by the former holder of an approval and is accompanied by a written statement of the reasons for the delay in making the application, and > > > > > (c) the reasons are accepted by the Minister, > > > > the term of the approval is taken to have been extended, and the application may be dealt with, as if the application had been made before the approval expired. > > **s 104:** Subst 2004 No 39, Sch 4 \[32\]. Am 2010 No 133, Sch 2 \[45\]; 2016 No 27, Sch 1.33 \[3\].