97ATransfers to or from tributaries

97A Transfers to or from tributaries

[Section 97A Inserted by No. 12 of 2004, s. 29, Applied:09 Jun 2004] [Section 97A Substituted by No. 56 of 2008, s. 47, Applied:11 Feb 2009] When a water allocation is transferred, the Minister may approve the variation or transfer of a licence if –

(a) the water resource specified in the licence is a watercourse; and

(b) the transfer of the water allocation will result in –

(i) water being transferred from that watercourse to one of its tributaries; or

(ii) water being transferred to that watercourse from one of its tributaries.