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Water Management Act 2000
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#### 71E Minister may register caveats
71E Minister may register caveats
> > (1) The Minister may, on the application in the approved form of an affected person, record a caveat on an access licence (or holding in an access licence) in the Access Register in such manner as appears to the Minister to be appropriate.
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> > (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Minister may (whether or not on the application of an affected person) record a caveat in the Access Register—
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> > > (a) on behalf of any person with a legal disability or on behalf of the Crown, or
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> > > (b) if it appears to the Minister that any error has been made by misdescription or otherwise in relation to an access licence, or to prevent any fraud or improper dealing with a licence.
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> > (3) In this section—
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> > affected person, in relation to an access licence or holding in an access licence, means the following—
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> > > (a) the holder or a co-holder of the licence or holding,
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> > > (b) a holder of a security interest over the licence or holding (whether or not registered),
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> > > (c) a party to a dealing, or prospective dealing, in the licence or holding,
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> > > (d) a person entitled, or claiming to be entitled, to be registered as a holder or co-holder of the licence or holding by devolution as referred to in section 72,
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> > > (e) any other person of a class prescribed by the regulations.
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> **ch 3, pt 2, div 3A, sdivs 2, 3 (ss 71D–71F):** Ins 2004 No 39, Sch 3 \[5\].