76Ministerial exemptions from mandatory metering equipment conditions

76 Ministerial exemptions from mandatory metering equipment conditions

76 Ministerial exemptions from mandatory metering equipment conditions

(1) For the Act, section 101A(3), the Minister may exempt a holder of an authority, or class of holders, from the application of the mandatory metering equipment condition in relation to a work.

(2) The Minister must not grant the exemption unless the Minister is satisfied of one or more of the following—

(a) it is not possible for water taken using the work to be measured by metering equipment,

(b) the work is not constructed,

(c) the work is decommissioned,

(d) the work is used solely for taking water in accordance with the holder’s basic landholder rights,

(e) the work does not take water from a water source,

(f) the approval holder has declared the work does not and will not take water from a water source.

(3) The Minister may grant an exemption—

(a) at the Minister’s discretion for a holder or class of holders, or

(b) on the application, in the approved form, of a holder.

(4) The Minister may grant the exemption subject to conditions or unconditionally.

(5) The Minister may revoke or amend an exemption—

(a) for an approval holder by written notice to the approval holder, or

(b) at anytime for a class of holders.

(6) The Minister must publish the following on the Department’s website—

(a) an exemption that applies to a class of holders,

(b) the amendment or revocation of the exemption.