sec.1250QApplication for water licence made but not decided before commencement

### sec.1250Q Application for water licence made but not decided before commencement This section applies if— the holder of a mining tenure to which this division applies made an application for a water licence that would authorise the taking of or interference with underground water in the area of the tenure if the taking or interference were to happen during the course of, or as a result of, the carrying out of authorised activities for the tenure; but the application was not decided before the commencement. Despite sections 1272 and 1273, the application is taken to be an application for an associated water licence and must be decided under this division. s 1250Q ins 2014 No. 64 s 201 (amd 2016 No. 61 s 36 (2) ) (sec.1250Q-ssec.1) This section applies if— the holder of a mining tenure to which this division applies made an application for a water licence that would authorise the taking of or interference with underground water in the area of the tenure if the taking or interference were to happen during the course of, or as a result of, the carrying out of authorised activities for the tenure; but the application was not decided before the commencement. (sec.1250Q-ssec.2) Despite sections 1272 and 1273, the application is taken to be an application for an associated water licence and must be decided under this division. - (a) the holder of a mining tenure to which this division applies made an application for a water licence that would authorise the taking of or interference with underground water in the area of the tenure if the taking or interference were to happen during the course of, or as a result of, the carrying out of authorised activities for the tenure; but - (b) the application was not decided before the commencement.