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Water Management Act 2000
71OConversion of access licence to new category
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#### 71O Conversion of access licence to new category
71O Conversion of access licence to new category
(cf former s 71B)
> > (1) On the application of the holder of an access licence, the Minister may consent to the cancellation of the licence and the grant of a new licence of a different category or subcategory.
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> > (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a local water utility access licence or to a supplementary water access licence.
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> > (3) An access licence arising under this section may only be granted—
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> > > (a) subject to the mandatory conditions applicable to the category or subcategory of licence to which it belongs, and
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> > > (b) for a period no greater than the residue of the period for which the cancelled access licence would have had effect if it had not been cancelled.
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> > (4) An access licence arising under this section may only be granted in relation to the same water management area or water source as the cancelled access licence.
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> > (5) Any interests that subsisted in the cancelled access licence, as in force immediately before it was cancelled, become equivalent interests in the new access licence.
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> > (6) (Repealed)
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> **s 71O (previously s 71B):** Ins 2002 No 138, Sch 2 \[20\]. Am 2004 No 39, Sch 3 \[7\] \[8\]. Renumbered 2004 No 39, Sch 3 \[25\].