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110 Existing water extraction licence application
(1) This section applies in relation to an application for the grant,
amendment or modification of a water extraction licence that is
lodged with the Controller but not decided before the
commencement day (an existing application).
(2) Subject to this section, Part 6A applies in relation to a decision of
the Controller about an existing application.
(3) The Controller must publish a notice under section 71B about an
existing application within 7 days after the commencement day.
(4) The Controller may publish a single notice under section 71B that
relates to more than one existing application and, if the Controller
does so, the Agency must pay the costs of publication.
(5) In this section:
commencement day means the day on which the Water
Amendment Act 2007 commences.
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111 Validation for actions before Water Amendment Act 2010
(1) This section applies to a document (a purported licence) granted
before the commencement of this section that purports to be a
licence granted under section 74(1) to the extent the document is
not a licence validly granted to carry out an action which would
otherwise be an offence against this Act by virtue of section 73.
(2) Each of the following is declared for this Act and any other Act in
relation to a purported licence:
(a) the grant of the purported licence is, and is taken to have
always been, a valid exercise of power by the Controller under
section 74(1);
(b) if the period specified in the purported licence:
(i) has not ended – the purported licence is a valid waste
discharge licence and is subject to the conditions
purportedly applying to it immediately before the
commencement; or
(ii) has ended – the purported licence was a valid licence
under section 74 and was subject to the conditions that
applied to it from time to time.
granted includes amended and modified.