Water Management Act 2000

In preparing a draft management plan, the following information must be notified to each person or body referred to in subsection (2)—

the general aims and objectives of the draft plan,

a description of the water management area to which the draft plan is intended to apply,

such other matters as the Minister thinks fit.

The persons and bodies to be notified are as follows—

each local council within whose area the water management area is located,

Local Land Services,

each holder of an access licence or approval in respect of land within the water management area,

such other persons or bodies as the Minister may determine in relation to the plan.

Failure to notify a person or body referred to in subsection (2) does not affect the validity of a management plan.

A person to whom information is notified under this section may make written submissions to the Minister in relation to the preparation of the draft management plan within 28 days (or such longer period as may be determined by the Minister) after the information is notified.