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Water Management Act 2000
71WAccess licence may nominate water supply works and extraction points
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#### 71W Access licence may nominate water supply works and extraction points
71W Access licence may nominate water supply works and extraction points
> > (1) On the application of the holder of an access licence made in accordance with the regulations, the Minister may consent to the amendment of the licence so as—
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> > > (a) to nominate a specified water supply work or extraction point in the water management area or water source nominated by the licence as a work or point by means of or from which water credited to the licence may be taken, or
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> > > (b) to nominate a specified water supply work or extraction point in another water management area or another water source as a work or point by means of or from which water credited to the licence may be taken, or
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> > > (c) to nominate a specified water supply work or extraction point in a NSW water tagging zone as a work or point by means of or from which water credited to the licence may be taken, or
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> > > (d) to nominate a specified extraction point in an interstate water tagging zone as an extraction point from which water credited to the licence may be taken,
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> > or so as to withdraw such a nomination.
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> > (2) For the avoidance of doubt, a water supply work may be nominated under subsection (1) even though no approval is required to be held in relation to the work.
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> > (3) The relevant notifier for a water supply work must notify the Minister, in accordance with the regulations, of any of the following—
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> > > (a) that the work has been nominated (whether by reference to the work itself or by reference to an extraction point at which it is located) as a work from which water credited to the interstate equivalent of an access licence may be taken,
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> > > (b) that such a nomination has been withdrawn.
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> > Tier 3 penalty.
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> > (4) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to—
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> > > (a) the making of nominations referred to in subsection (1), including—
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> > > > (i) the identification of water supply works or extraction points for the purposes of nominations, and
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> > > > (ii) the circumstances in which particular nominations are, or are not, permitted under that subsection, and
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> > > (b) the giving of notifications to the Minister under subsection (3), including the form and timing of such notifications.
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> > (5) In this section—
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> > relevant notifier for a water supply work means—
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> > > (a) if an approval is in force for the work—the holder of the approval, or
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> > > (b) if there is no approval in force for the work—the owner of the work.
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> > water supply work includes a reference to a group of such works.
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> **s 71W (previously s 71J):** Ins 2002 No 138, Sch 2 \[20\]. Am 2004 No 39, Schs 3 \[20\], 4 \[14\]. Renumbered 2004 No 39, Sch 3 \[25\]. Am 2005 No 118, Sch 1 \[24\]. Subst 2014 No 48, Sch 1.9 \[1\].