Water Management Act 2000
91ECarrying out controlled activity without, or otherwise than as authorised by, a controlled activity approval
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91E Carrying out controlled activity without, or otherwise than as authorised by, a controlled activity approval
91E Carrying out controlled activity without, or otherwise than as authorised by, a controlled activity approval
(1) A person must not, in, on or under waterfront land, carry out a controlled activity for which the person does not have a controlled activity approval.
Maximum penalty—Tier 2 penalty.
Maximum civil penalty—Tier C civil penalty.
(2) The holder of a controlled activity approval must not, in, on or under waterfront land, carry out a controlled activity other than as authorised by the approval.
Maximum penalty—Tier 2 penalty.
Maximum civil penalty—Tier C civil penalty.
(3) Without limiting subsection (2), a person carries out a controlled activity otherwise than as authorised by a controlled activity approval if the person carries out such an activity while the approval is suspended.
(4) This section does not prevent a person—
(a) from constructing and using a water management work in accordance with a water management work approval, or
(b) from carrying out an aquifer interference activity in accordance with an aquifer interference approval.
s 91E: Ins 2008 No 73, Sch 1 [4]. Am 2025 No 70, Sch 3[46].