Water Act 2000

This section applies to a licence in a former water area if—

the former water area was continued in existence under section 1083(2); and

under the licence the registered owner of land was supplied with water; and

the licence has expired; and

the registered owner has continued to be supplied with water as if the licence had not expired.

The chief executive may reinstate the licence by granting a water licence under this Act without an application being made under section 221—

if the former water area’s former water board was continued in existence as a water authority under section 1083(3)—to the water authority; or

otherwise—to the chief executive.

A water licence granted under subsection (2) is taken to have been in force from the day the licence it replaced expired.