106Records when using metered works with telemetry

106 Records when using metered works with telemetry

106 Records when using metered works with telemetry

(1) This section applies to an authority under which a work used to take water is used in connection with metering equipment that—

(a) complies with Schedule 5, and

(b) has telemetry capacity that transmits data relating to water measured by the meter in accordance with the approved telemetry specifications.

(2) For the Act, sections 115 and 115A(b), the provisions of this section are mandatory conditions imposed on an authority to which this section applies.

(3) The holder of an authority to which this section applies must—

(a) record in the approved form and manner when water is taken using the work under—

(i) a basic landholder right, or

(ii) an exemption from holding an access licence, and

(b) if the authority is subject to a condition that the holder must confirm specified matters before water is taken in accordance with the authority—record, in the approved form and manner, the means by which the holder confirmed the matters, and

(c) record the information referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) no later than 24 hours after any day during which the water is taken.

(4) Subsection (3)(b) does not apply in relation to water taken from a regulated river.

(5) The holder of an authority must give the Minister, in an approved way—

(a) if water was taken during the named month—the records made under this section for the water taken, or

(b) if no water was taken during the named month—a statement indicating that no water was taken during the named month.

(6) The records must be given to the Minister not more than 14 days after the end of each named month.

Note—

The Interpretation Act 1987 defines named month as January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November or December.

(7) The holder does not breach this section for a named month if—