60Grant of licence to take groundwater

60 Grant of licence to take groundwater (1) Subject to this Act, the Controller may, on the Controller’s own to a person a licence in the prescribed form to take water from a bore. (3) Subject to subsection (4), a licence shall be granted for such period, not exceeding 10 years, as is specified in the licence Water Act 1992 51 (4) A licence may be granted under subsection (1) for a period exceeding 10 years if: (a) the licence is for a purpose, or meets criteria, that the Minister, by Gazette notice, specifies as justifying a longer period; or (5) The Controller must not grant a licence or accept an application for a licence to take water from a bore on land in a Restricted Water Extraction Area declared to restrict the right to take groundwater under section 14, other than an application specified in subsection (6). (6) For subsection (5), the following applications are specified: (a) an application under subsection (1) in relation to Crown land in the Restricted Water Extraction Area, unless the land is leased from the Crown under the Crown Lands Act 1992 or the Special Purposes Leases Act 1953; (b) an application under subsection (1) made in accordance with section 71M or 71R; (e) an application made because of the subdivision or