✨ Amendments to Water Conservation Order
444 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 13 7 FEBRUARY 2013
(b) any water that could have been taken or diverted from that part of the Rakaia River between the Rakaia Gorge Bridge and the sea by the holders of resource consents listed on the Register and subject to the conditions of those resource consents listed on the Register, but which was not taken or diverted.
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Retention of natural waters in a natural state
Clause 4 is amended as follows:
(1) Clause 4(1)(a) is amended by deleting the phrase “Subject to subclauses (2) and (3)” and replacing it with “Subject to subclause (2)”.
(2) Clause 4(2) is deleted and replaced with:
(2) A resource consent under the Act may be granted or renewed in respect of the natural waters referred to in subclause (1)(a) of this clause if—
(a) in the case of a grant, the purpose is to replace a resource consent in force on the commencement of this order; or
(b) in the case of a renewal, the purpose is to renew a resource consent in force on the commencement of this order—
and the new resource consent or renewed resource consent is made subject to similar terms and conditions to which the former resource consent was subject.
(3) Clause 4(3) is revoked. -
Partial retention of natural waters
Clause 5 is amended as follows:
(2) Clause 5(1) is amended by deleting the phrase “Subject to subclauses (2) and (3)” and replacing it with “Subject to subclause (2)”.
(3) Clause 5(2) is deleted and replaced with:
(2) A resource consent under the Act may be granted or renewed in respect of the natural waters referred to in subclause (1) of this clause if—
(a) in the case of a grant, the purpose is to replace a resource consent in force on the commencement of this order; or
(b) in the case of a renewal, the purpose is to renew a resource consent in force on the commencement of this order—
and the new resource consent or renewed resource consent is made subject to similar terms and conditions to which the former resource consent was subject.
(4) Clause 5(3) is revoked. -
Further partial retention of natural waters
Clause 6 is amended as follows:
(1) In clause 6(1), “Subject to subclauses (2) and (3)” is deleted and replaced with “Subject to subclause (2)” and “North Canterbury Catchment Board’s recorder site” is deleted and replaced with “Rakaia Gorge Bridge”.
(2) Clause 6(2) is deleted and replaced with:
(2) A resource consent under the Act may be granted or renewed in respect of the natural waters referred to in subclause (1) of this clause if—
(a) in the case of a grant, the purpose is to replace a resource consent in force on the commencement of this order; or
(b) in the case of a renewal, the purpose is to renew a resource consent in force on the commencement of this order—
and the new resource consent or renewed resource consent is made subject to similar terms and conditions to which the former resource consent was subject.
(3) Clause 6(3) is revoked. -
Further partial retention of natural waters
Clause 7 is amended as follows:
(1) In clause 7(2) “North Canterbury Catchment Board’s recorder site” is deleted and replaced with “Rakaia Gorge Bridge”.
(2) The following clause is added after Clause 7(4) as Clause 7(5):
(5) Nothing in this clause 7 restricts the abstraction or diversion of Stored Water from the Rakaia River, or from any conveyance infrastructure constructed as part of the Lake Coleridge Project, by the holders of resource consents listed on the Register and subject to the conditions of the resource consents listed on the Register, provided that the flow in the river and in the canal shall not be reduced by abstraction or diversion by more than 70 cubic metres per second. -
Right to dam not to be granted
Clause 8 is amended as follows:
(1) In the title of clause 8 the word “Right” is deleted and replaced with “Resource consent”.
(2) In clause 8(1) “A right” is deleted and replaced with “Resource consents” and “section 21 of” is deleted.
(3) Clause 8(2) is amended by:
(a) Deleting “A right” and replacing it with “Resource consents”; and
(b) Deleting “section 21 of”; and
(c) Deleting “grant” and replacing it with “resource consent”. -
Water rights and general authorisations
Clause 9 is amended as follows:
(1) The title of clause 9 is deleted and replaced with “Resource consents”.
(2) Clause 9(1) is amended by:
(a) Deleting “Water rights” and replacing it with “Resource consents”; and
(b) Deleting “section 21 of”; and
(c) Deleting “, and general authorisations under section 22 of the Act shall not be made,”.
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