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Water Resources Act 2007
42Waterway work licence—requirement
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42 Waterway work licence—requirement
(1) A person must not do waterway work if—
(a) the work adversely affects, or may adversely affect, the flow or
quality of water, or the aquatic habitat, in the waterway; and
(b) the person does not have—
(i) a waterway work licence for the waterway work; or
(ii) authority for an activity that includes the waterway work
under the Environment Protection Act 1997.
(2) However, a waterway work licence is not required if the work to be
undertaken is—
(a) the construction or alteration of—
(i) a water structure that has a capacity of less than 2ML and
is not in a waterway; or
(ii) a structure prescribed by regulation; or
(b) undertaken as part of an authorised activity under the
Environment Protection Act 1997; or
(c) undertaken under an environmental protection agreement under
the Environment Protection Act 1997.