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142: Owner must provide dam safety assurance programme to regional authority
or “The person who owns a dam must give the local government a safety plan and a certificate from an expert to show the dam is safe.”
You could also call this:

“The regional authority must tell the dam owner if they accept or reject the dam safety plan after checking if a proper engineer approved it.”

When you give a dam safety assurance programme to your regional authority, they have to tell you in writing if they approve it or not. They need to do this as soon as they can after they get your programme.

The regional authority can only say no to your dam safety assurance programme for one reason. They can refuse if they really believe that the engineer who gave the certificate for your programme isn’t a recognised engineer. The certificate we’re talking about is mentioned in section 142(1)(b).

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or “ Trusted dam owners can skip checks and get quick approval for their safety plans ”
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Safety of dams: Dam safety assurance programmes

143Regional authority must decide whether to approve or refuse dam safety assurance programme

  1. A regional authority must, as soon as practicable after receiving a dam safety assurance programme, give written notice to the relevant owner as to whether the regional authority—

  2. approves the dam safety assurance programme; or
    1. refuses to approve the dam safety assurance programme.

      1. A regional authority may refuse to approve a dam safety assurance programme only if the regional authority is satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that the engineer who provided the certificate referred to in section 142(1)(b) is not a recognised engineer.