Water Management Act 1999
69Variation of licences
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69 Variation of licences
(1) The Minister may vary a licence as provided by this section.
(2) The licence may be varied –
(a) with the written consent of the licensee and of any other person as required by subsection (3) ; or
(b) [Section 69 Subsection (2) amended by No. 56 of 2008, s. 35, Applied:11 Feb 2009] subject to subsection (3) , on application by the licensee; or
(c) [Section 69 Subsection (2) amended by No. 56 of 2008, s. 35, Applied:11 Feb 2009] where the licence specifies when the conditions of the licence may be varied, at or within the times so specified if the Minister reasonably determines that the variation is necessary or desirable to further the objectives of this Act; or
(d) if so provided by a water management plan; or
(e) if the Minister is authorised to do so under section 106 ; or
(f) [Section 69 Subsection (2) amended by No. 56 of 2008, s. 35, Applied:11 Feb 2009] to give effect to a reduction in a water allocation of the licence by the Minister under section 88 ; or
(fa) [Section 69 Subsection (2) amended by No. 6 of 2007, s. 11, Applied:16 Jul 2007] [Section 69 Subsection (2) amended by No. 33 of 2015, s. 14, Applied:01 Jan 2016] if a water allocation endorsed on a licence is for the taking of water into a dam to which a Division 3 permit or a Division 4 permit relates and either –
(i) those dam works are not completed in accordance with that permit; or
(ii) conditions in relation to the operation, in accordance with the objectives of this Act, of the dam, when constructed, are to be placed on the licence; or
(g) on a transfer under ; or