sec.113Criteria for deciding application for water licence

### sec.113 Criteria for deciding application for water licence In deciding whether to grant or refuse the application, the chief executive must consider the application together with— if a water plan would apply to any water licence granted—the water plan; and if the application relates to the Murray-Darling Basin—the long-term average sustainable diversion limits included in the Basin Plan; and if additional information has been given to the chief executive under section 111 —the additional information; and if notice of the application has been published under section 112 —all properly made submissions about the application; and if a water plan would not apply to any water licence granted— existing water entitlements and authorities to take or interfere with water; and any information about the effects of taking, or interfering with, water on natural ecosystems; and any information about the effects of taking, or interfering with, water on the physical integrity of watercourses, lakes, springs or aquifers; and strategies and policies for water resource management in the area to which the application relates; and the public interest. s 113 amd 2003 No. 25 s 47 ; 2005 No. 19 s 31 ; 2008 No. 34 s 676 ; 2013 No. 23 s 240 sub 2014 No. 64 ss 67 (1) , 68 amd 2023 No. 24 s 13 - (a) if a water plan would apply to any water licence granted—the water plan; and - (b) if the application relates to the Murray-Darling Basin—the long-term average sustainable diversion limits included in the Basin Plan; and - (c) if additional information has been given to the chief executive under section 111 —the additional information; and - (d) if notice of the application has been published under section 112 —all properly made submissions about the application; and - (e) if a water plan would not apply to any water licence granted— (i) existing water entitlements and authorities to take or interfere with water; and (ii) any information about the effects of taking, or interfering with, water on natural ecosystems; and (iii) any information about the effects of taking, or interfering with, water on the physical integrity of watercourses, lakes, springs or aquifers; and (iv) strategies and policies for water resource management in the area to which the application relates; and - (i) existing water entitlements and authorities to take or interfere with water; and - (ii) any information about the effects of taking, or interfering with, water on natural ecosystems; and - (iii) any information about the effects of taking, or interfering with, water on the physical integrity of watercourses, lakes, springs or aquifers; and - (iv) strategies and policies for water resource management in the area to which the application relates; and - (f) the public interest. - (i) existing water entitlements and authorities to take or interfere with water; and - (ii) any information about the effects of taking, or interfering with, water on natural ecosystems; and - (iii) any information about the effects of taking, or interfering with, water on the physical integrity of watercourses, lakes, springs or aquifers; and - (iv) strategies and policies for water resource management in the area to which the application relates; and