(1) Subject to subclauses (2) to (4), because of the outstanding features specified in clause 3, a resource consent shall not be granted under sections 9, 13 and 14 of the Act allowing the damming, stopbanking, polderisation, or drainage of any part of Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere where the lake bed is below 1.20 m.s.l. in elevation.
(2) A resource consent to polderise for fish-farming or for research into fisheries may be so granted if there is no significant impact on the outstanding features of Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere specified in clause 3.
(3) A resource consent may be so granted for any stopbanks, drains, and other uses of water which existed on 27 June 1986.
(4) A resource consent may be so granted for works associated with the maintenance of those outlets of rivers, streams, and drains, and of those stopbanks, which existed on 27 June 1986.
Clause 5(1): amended, on 22 September 2011, by clause 4 of the National Water Conservation (Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere) Amendment Order 2011 (Gazette 2011, p 3823).
Clause 5(1): amended, on 22 September 2011, by clause 8(1) of the National Water Conservation (Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere) Amendment Order 2011 (Gazette 2011, p 3823).
Clause 5(1): amended, on 22 September 2011, by clause 8(2) of the National Water Conservation (Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere) Amendment Order 2011 (Gazette 2011, p 3823).
Clause 5(2): amended, on 22 September 2011, by clause 4 of the National Water Conservation (Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere) Amendment Order 2011 (Gazette 2011, p 3823).
Clause 5(2): amended, on 22 September 2011, by clause 8(3) of the National Water Conservation (Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere) Amendment Order 2011 (Gazette 2011, p 3823).
Clause 5(3): amended, on 22 September 2011, by clause 8(3) of the National Water Conservation (Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere) Amendment Order 2011 (Gazette 2011, p 3823).
Clause 5(4): amended, on 22 September 2011, by clause 8(3) of the National Water Conservation (Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere) Amendment Order 2011 (Gazette 2011, p 3823).