Water Management Act 2000
395AAPublic water register
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395AA Public water register
395AA Public water register
(1) The Minister must ensure a consolidated register of information recorded in registers under this Act is kept and made publicly available in accordance with this section (the public water register).
(2) The public water register must contain the following—
(a) information recorded in the following registers that is, in the Minister’s opinion, appropriate for inclusion in the public water register—
(i) the Access Register,
(ii) the register of available water determinations referred to in section 84,
(iii) the register of approvals referred to in section 113,
(b) other information that is, in the Minister’s opinion, appropriate for inclusion in the public water register,
(c) information given to the Minister under section 87E,
(d) other information prescribed by the regulations.
(3) The public water register must not contain the following—
(a) personal information within the meaning of the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998, Part 6,
(b) other information prescribed by the regulations.
(4) The public water register must be published on a publicly accessible website with an electronic search facility.
(5) The regulations may make further provision about the public water register.
s 395AA: Ins 2024 No 69, Sch 1[7].