33NMinister to defer application where area is proposed to be a water supply protection area

33N Minister to defer application where area is proposed to be a water supply protection area (1) The Minister must defer consideration of an application for the issue of a water share under section 33L or under section 33M if a notice has been published under section 27(4)(a)(i) that relates to either or both of the following— (a) the protection of groundwater resources that are specified as a water system in the application; (b) the protection of surface water resources that are specified as a water system in the application. (2) Deferral of an application under subsection (1) has effect until either of the following occurs— (a) an Order is made under section 27(1); or (b) a notice is published under section 27(10). (3) If— (a) an Order is made under section 27(1); and (b) a management plan for the area that is the subject of the Order has not been approved under section 32A(6)— the Minister must further defer consideration of an application deferred under subsection (1) in respect of the area until notice of the approval or refusal of a draft management plan has been published under section 32A(7). S. 33O inserted by No. 99/2005 s. 41.