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Water Management Act 2000
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#### 92 Applications for approvals
92 Applications for approvals
> > (1) Subject to any embargo, any person may apply for an approval.
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> > (2) An application for an approval must be made to the Minister in accordance with the regulations.
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> > (3) The regulations may require the application to be accompanied by a management program for the land to which the application relates.
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> > (4) An application may relate to more than one approval, whether of the same or of a different kind, unless the Minister requires a separate application to be made in relation to one or more of them.
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> > (5) The Minister—
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> > > (a) may require an applicant for an approval to provide additional information within a specified time if of the opinion that additional information would be relevant to consideration of the application, and
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> > > (b) may delay consideration of the application until the information is provided or, if the information is not provided within the time specified, may refuse to consider the application.
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> > (6) The Minister may refuse to accept an application for an approval if it appears to the Minister that the application is incomplete.
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> > (7) The regulations may require any application, or any specified class of applications, to be advertised.
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> > (7A) A management plan may require an application for an approval in relation to a work, or a specified class of applications for approvals in relation to works, located within the water management area or water source to which the plan applies to be advertised.
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> > (8) An applicant for an approval may, by notice in writing to the Minister, amend or withdraw the application for the approval at any time before the application is determined.
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> Note.
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> Approvals are listed in section 91 of the [Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1979-203). Development that requires an approval is consequently integrated development for the purposes of that Act.
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> **s 92:** Am 2001 No 56, Sch 1.22 \[9\]; 2004 No 39, Sch 4 \[29\]; 2014 No 48, Sch 1.10 \[10\]; 2024 No 80, Sch 1\[6\].