Operations manual must remain consistent with water plan, resource operations licence and distribution operations licence
201 Operations manual must remain consistent with water plan, resource operations licence and distribution operations licence
This section applies if an operations manual for a resource operations licence or distribution operations licence becomes inconsistent with the water plan outcomes, measures and objectives mentioned in section 198(1)(a) and (b).
The holder of the licence to which the operations manual applies must apply to the chief executive in writing to amend the manual.
However, if the holder does not apply, the chief executive may direct the holder to review the operations manual to address the inconsistency.
If the chief executive directs the holder to review the operations manual under subsection (3), the holder must review the manual as required by the chief executive and apply to the chief executive in writing to amend it.
The provisions of this division applying to the approval and publication of an operations manual apply—
as if a reference to the approval of the manual were a reference to its amendment; and
with any necessary changes.
This section applies if an operations manual is inconsistent with a resource operations licence or distribution operations licence.
The provisions of the licence prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.
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