Water Act 2000

A development permit, to the extent it relates to operational work for taking or interfering with water, or the removal of quarry material, from a watercourse or lake, is taken to include a right to use and occupy the part of the watercourse or lake—

that forms all or part of the boundary of the land to which the development permit attaches; and

on which the works are situated.

An owner of land carrying out operational work that involves taking water from a watercourse, lake or spring under section 96(2) and is accepted development, is taken to have a right to use and occupy the part of the watercourse or lake—

that forms all or part of the boundary of the owner’s land; and

on which the works are situated.

Operational work that allows taking or interfering with water in a watercourse, lake or spring, other than under a relevant provision, and is accepted development, is taken to include a right to use and occupy the part of the watercourse or lake on which the operations are situated.

In this section—relevant provision means any of the following—

section 93;

section 95(1);

section 96;

section 99;

section 102.