Artificial opening of estuaries
24 Artificial opening of estuaries
A person authorised to artificially open an estuary under a licence issued under section 67(1) of the Water Act 1989 or by-laws made under section 219 of that Act has a prescribed consent to artificially open an estuary on marine and coastal Crown land if the purpose of the artificial opening is to manage the risk of flooding on the marine and coastal Crown land.
It is a prescribed condition of a consent referred to in subregulation (1) that the person who has a prescribed consent under subregulation (1) must give written notice to the Department of the estuary's artificial opening as soon as practicable after the artificial opening is completed.
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