81Mandatory floodplain harvesting condition

81 Mandatory floodplain harvesting condition

81 Mandatory floodplain harvesting condition

(1) For the Act, section 115, it is a mandatory condition of a water supply work approval to which this division applies that—

(a) point-of-intake metering equipment is installed, used and maintained in connection with a point-of-intake work that is authorised to be constructed or used to take water under the approval, and

(b) storage metering equipment is installed, used and maintained in connection with a storage work that is authorised to be constructed or used to store water under the approval.

(2) Despite subsection (1)(a), point-of intake metering equipment is not required to be installed, used or maintained in connection with the point-of-intake work if—

(a) water taken by the work, before being used, is stored in an approved storage work, and

(b) the storage work must have storage metering equipment under subsection (1)(b).

(3) Despite subsection (1)(b), storage metering equipment is not required to be installed, used or maintained in connection with the storage work if—

(a) the water stored by the work, before being used, is taken by a point-of-intake work, and

(b) the point-of-intake work must have point-of-intake metering equipment under subsection (1)(a).