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Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914
Sch 1Licensing and related provisions
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Schedule 1 — Licensing and related provisions
Division 1 — Preliminary
1. Terms used 88
2. Licences for different purposes 88
3. Persons who are eligible to hold licences 88
Division 2 — Applications and licensing decisions
4. Application for licence 89
5. Advertising application for licence, regulations for 90
6. Applicant may make submissions to Minister in some cases 90
7. Minister’s discretion when deciding applications, exercise of 91
8. When Minister must refuse licence 92
9. If applicant not eligible to hold licence, procedure 92
10. Decision on application, Minister to notify applicant etc. 93
11. Licences may relate to more than one place, well etc. 93
12. Duration of licence 93
13. Licence terminates if licensee becomes ineligible to hold licence 94
14. Licensee ceasing to be owner etc. of land, effect of cl. 13(1) in case of 95
Division 3 — Terms, conditions and restrictions
15. Terms etc. of licence 96
16. Term etc. that continues after licensed act completed 96
17. Licence reducing another’s entitlement may include condition requiring payment of compensation 96
18. Breach of term etc., Minister’s powers as to etc. 97
Division 4 — Notation on licence of interest of third party
19. When cl. 20 applies 98
20. Amending etc. licence requires third party’s consent 99
21. Notation under cl. 19(b), content and effect of 99