45Exemption from requirement to hold water access licences

45 Exemption from requirement to hold water access licences

45 Exemption from requirement to hold water access licences

(1) For the Act, section 400(2), a person is exempt from the Act, section 60A(1) and (2) for the taking of water from a water source if the person—

(a) is specified in a provision to Schedule 4, Part 2, and

(b) takes water in the circumstances, and in accordance with conditions, if any, specified in the provision.

(2) A person exempt under subsection (1) is also exempt from the mandatory conditions relating to access licences that are imposed on a water supply work approval.

Note—

It is an offence under the Act, section 60A(1) and (2) to take water without an access licence.

s 45: Am 2026 (152), Sch 1[1].