110Existing water extraction licence application

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.

Part 15 Transitional matters for Water Legislation Amendment Act 2018 Water Act 1992 100 Part 14 Transitional matters for Water Amendment Act 2010 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.