11Regulations may disapply or modify Water Management Act 2000

11 Regulations may disapply or modify Water Management Act 2000

11 Regulations may disapply or modify Water Management Act 2000

(1) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the disapplication or modification of the provisions of the Water Management Act 2000, or the regulations or any instrument made under that Act, in relation to critical town or locality water supplies.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations under this section modifying the operation of provisions of the Water Management Act 2000 may provide that—

(a) the Minister administering that Act has a function of directing a specified public authority in relation to critical town or locality water supplies, and

(b) a specified public authority must comply with that direction.

(3) The Minister is not to recommend the making of a regulation under this section unless—

(a) if the Minister is not the Minister administering the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016—the Minister certifies that the regulation is made with the concurrence of that Minister, and

(b) if the Minister is not the Minister administering the Water Management Act 2000—the Minister certifies that the regulation is made with the concurrence of that Minister.