81Granting of licences on adoption of water management plan

81 Granting of licences on adoption of water management plan

(1)  This section applies to a person who before the adoption of a water management plan held a right to take water under Part 5 if the plan requires him or her to hold a licence for the taking of that water.

(2)  A person to whom this section applies –

(a) may, subject to a restriction or prohibition under section 92 , continue to take water without a licence –

(i) for a period of 3 months after the date of adoption of the relevant water management plan; or

(ii) if he or she applies for a licence within that period, until the application is granted or refused; and

(b) is entitled to have endorsed on the licence, without payment of a fee, a water allocation determined by the Minister in accordance with the relevant water management plan.