Water Act 2000

The chief executive may cancel a resource operations licence or a distribution operations licence on the following grounds—

the licence holder has not complied with a condition of the licence or a requirement of the holder under this Act;

either of the following has been convicted of an offence against this Act—

the licence holder;

for a distribution operations licence held by the approved nominee of the water infrastructure owner—the owner;

the licence was granted because of a materially false or misleading representation or declaration made, either orally or in writing, by—

the licence holder; or

for a licence mentioned in paragraph (b)(ii)—the owner;

for a licence mentioned in paragraph (b)(ii)—

an application to transfer all or part of the licence has lapsed because the approved nominee has not complied with a requirement under section 189; and

the water infrastructure owner has requested cancellation of the licence.

Subsection (1)(a) does not apply if the holder has been convicted under section 813 for the noncompliance.