Validation for actions before Water Amendment Act 2010
111 Validation for actions before Water Amendment Act 2010
(1) This section applies to a document (a purported licence) granted before the commencement of this section that purports to be a licence granted under section 74(1) to the extent the document is not a licence validly granted to carry out an action which would otherwise be an offence against this Act by virtue of section 73.
(2) Each of the following is declared for this Act and any other Act in relation to a purported licence:
(a) the grant of the purported licence is, and is taken to have always been, a valid exercise of power by the Controller under section 74(1);
if the period specified in the purported licence:
(i) has not ended – the purported licence is a valid waste discharge licence and is subject to the conditions purportedly applying to it immediately before the commencement; or
(ii) has ended – the purported licence was a valid licence under section 74 and was subject to the conditions that applied to it from time to time.
In this section:
granted includes amended and modified.
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