Water Management (General) Regulation 2025
91Records when metering equipment faulty other than for floodplain harvesting
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91 Records when metering equipment faulty other than for floodplain harvesting
91 Records when metering equipment faulty other than for floodplain harvesting
(1) For the Act, section 91I(3), a person who takes water from a water source using a metered work while its metering equipment is faulty must comply with this section unless the take of water is under—
(a) a floodplain harvesting (regulated river) access licence, or
(b) a floodplain harvesting (unregulated river) access licence, or
(c) if the water taken is overland flow water from a declared floodplain—an unregulated river access licence.
(2) The person must record the following information—
(a) the purposes for which the water is taken using the metered work,
(b) if a pump is used to take the water—
(i) the size of the pump, and
(ii) the maximum extraction rate of the pump, and
(iii) the dates and times during which the pump is operating,
(c) if the water taken using the metered work is used for irrigation—the area of land that is irrigated with the water,
(d) the last available reading of the metering equipment before the metering equipment became faulty and the first available reading after the metering equipment is repaired or otherwise no longer faulty,
(e) other information that the Minister, by written notice to the person, directs the person to record.
(3) The person must, if directed by the Minister, use an alternative method specified by the Minister to determine the quantity of water taken.
(4) The person must—
(a) record the information in the approved form and manner, and
(b) give a copy of the information to the Minister no later than 28 days after the metering equipment is repaired or no longer faulty, and
(c) keep the information for at least 5 years.
(5) If telemetry equipment is the only part of the metering equipment that is faulty, the person is not required to record the information unless the telemetry equipment has been faulty for at least 72 hours.