Water Act 2000

If the chief executive is satisfied a ground exists under section 194 to cancel the licence, the chief executive must—

give a show cause notice about the proposed cancellation to the licence holder; and

for a distribution operations licence held by the approved nominee of the water infrastructure owner—give a copy of the notice to the water infrastructure owner.

If, after considering any properly made submission about the proposed cancellation, the chief executive is still satisfied the licence should be cancelled, the chief executive may cancel the licence.

If the chief executive decides to cancel the licence, the chief executive must, within 10 business days after making the decision, give an information notice about the decision to—

the licence holder; and

for a licence mentioned in subsection (1)(b)—the water infrastructure owner.

The decision takes effect on the later of—

if the applicant does not appeal against the decision—the day the period for appeals ends; or

if the applicant appeals against the decision but withdraws the appeal—the day the appeal is withdrawn; or

if the applicant appeals against the decision and the appeal is dismissed—the day the appeal is decided.

However, if the licence is cancelled because of the conviction of a person for an offence—

the cancellation does not take effect until the later of—

the day the period for appeals against the conviction ends; or

if the appeal is made against the conviction—the day the appeal is finally decided; and

the cancellation has no effect if the conviction is quashed on appeal.