27Nomination of water supply works and extraction points

27 Nomination of water supply works and extraction points

27 Nomination of water supply works and extraction points

(1) For the Act, section 71W(4)(a)(ii), the only circumstance in which a nomination under the Act, section 71W(1)(b) is permitted is if the Minister is satisfied—

(a) the water supply work or extraction point the subject of the nomination is in a water source (the other water source) connected to a water source specified in the access licence (the specified water source), and

(b) the water credited to the access licence that may be taken using the water supply work or from the extraction point will be taken from the specified water source indirectly as an unavoidable result of water being taken from the other water source using the work or from the extraction point.

(2) For the Act, section 71W(3), the relevant notifier must give the Minister written notice within 28 days after the nomination is made or withdrawn.