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Wellington Regional Water Board Amendment Act 1975

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Short Title and commencement

Bylaws

Charges for permits in part of region

New section inserted

Wellington Regional Water Board Amendment Act 1975

Local Act		1975 No 3
Date of assent		3 May 1975

	Title
1	Short Title and commencement
2	Bylaws
3	Charges for permits in part of region
4	New section inserted

An Act to amend the Wellington Regional Water Board Act 1972

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1 Short Title and commencement

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Wellington Regional Water Board Amendment Act 1975, and shall be read together with and be deemed part of the Wellington Regional Water Board Act 1972 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

(2)

This Act shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of April 1974.

2 Bylaws

(1)

Section 61(1) of the principal Act is hereby amended by inserting, after paragraph (a), the following paragraph:

“(aa)

Controlling, regulating, or limiting the use of a bore for the purpose of taking and using underground water under any land in that part of the region described in the Second Schedule to this Act:”.

(2)

Section 61(1) of the principal Act is hereby further amended by repealing paragraph (e), and substituting the following paragraph:

“(e)

Requiring the issue of a permit by the Board before any bore is used, made, or altered:”.

(3)

Section 61 of the principal Act is hereby further amended by repealing subsection (2), and substituting the following subsection:

“(2)

With the exception of any bylaw made under subsection (1)(aa) of this section, any such bylaw may apply within the whole of the region or within such part or parts thereof as may be specified in the bylaw.”

3 Charges for permits in part of region

(1)

Section 66(2) of the principal Act is hereby amended by repealing paragraph (a) of the proviso, and substituting the following paragraph:

“(a)

In the case of the quantity of underground water lawfully taken by any person for his reasonable requirements without waste in any period of 24 hours in the year ended the 31st day of March 1963 from any bore or system of bores in existence in the said part of the region on the 18th day of March 1959, shall not exceed a fair and reasonable sum based on the assessed cost of administration, investigation, and research relating to underground water in the said part of the region:”.

(2)

Section 66 of the principal Act is hereby further amended by repealing subsection (3), and substituting the following subsection:

“(3)

Nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall apply in respect of any bore being used on any land if the underground water being tapped is reasonably required for firefighting purposes or is used exclusively for, and not in excess of the reasonable needs of, the owners and occupiers of the land for domestic purposes or for the needs of any animals usually on the land.”

4 New section inserted

The principal Act is hereby further amended by inserting in Part V, after section 68, the following section:

“68a Affiliation with Catchment Authorities’ Association

For the purposes of its functions under section 68 of this Act, the Board may affiliate with the New Zealand Catchment Authorities’ Association and may out of administrative funds pay the annual subscription to the Association and the actual and reasonable travelling expenses of its representatives incurred in attending meetings of the conferences of the Association or any other meetings whatsoever called, or approved, by the Soil Conservation and Rivers Control Council.”

Wellington Regional Water Board Amendment Act 1975