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WATER ACT 1989 - SECT 180

Septic tank permit applications

S. 180(1) amended by No. 17/2012 s. 34.

    (1)     A council that receives an application for a permit for a septic tank system in respect of land within an Authority's sewerage district must forward a copy of the application to the Authority, if the Authority has lodged with the council a standing written request for referral of those applications.

S. 180(2) amended by No. 17/2012 s. 34.

    (2)     The Environment Protection Authority must forward any applications it receives for a permit for a septic tank system in respect of land within an Authority's sewerage district if the Authority has lodged with the Environment Protection Authority a standing written request for referral of those applications.

    (3)     The Authority must, within 21 days after the copy of the application is forwarded to it, notify the council or the Environment Protection Authority (as appropriate) of—

        (a)     the location of the sewer nearest to the land; and

        (b)     the availability of works to service the land; and

        (c)     any requirements with which the council or the Environment Protection Authority must comply.

    (4)     The council and the Environment Protection Authority must comply with any requirement of the Authority in relation to the application that is notified to the council or the Environment Protection Authority within 21 days after the application is forwarded to the Authority.

    (5)     The council or the Environment Protection Authority must not make a decision in relation to an application within 21 days after the copy is forwarded to the Authority.

S. 181 amended by No. 85/2006 s. 75, repealed by No. 23/2019 s. 109.

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