Decisions are not to increase amount of water taken
18 Decisions are not to increase amount of water taken
The chief executive is not to make a decision about the allocation or management of water in the plan area that would increase the average volume of water allowed to be taken under any authorisation in the plan area.
Subsection (1) does not apply to a decision about—
a water permit; or
reinstating an expired water licence; or
replacing an original licence if the licence is to be replaced with 2 or more water licences; or
replacing an expired licence with 1 or more licences; or
unallocated water.
In this section—
average volume, of water allowed to be taken under an authorisation, means the total volume of water simulated to have been taken under the authorisation during the simulation period if the authorisation was in existence for the whole of the simulation period, divided by the number of years in the simulation period.
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