Water Act 2000

Subsections (2) and (3) apply if—

an approved final report takes effect for a CMA tenure, other than a closing CMA tenure; and

an approved underground water impact report applies to the CMA tenure’s cumulative management area.

If the final report conflicts with a matter provided for in the approved underground water impact report prepared for the cumulative management area—

the final report prevails to the extent of the conflict; and

the underground water impact report is taken to have been amended to agree with the final report; and

the holder of any remaining CMA tenures in the cumulative management area must continue to comply with the approved underground water impact report as amended by the final report under paragraph (b).

If the CMA tenure the subject of the final report is the last CMA tenure in a cumulative management area to end, the underground water impact report for the cumulative management area stops applying when the final report takes effect.

An underground water impact report for a closing CMA tenure or a resource tenure other than a CMA tenure stops applying when a final report for the tenure takes effect.