30CApplications for used water allocations to be recredited

30C Applications for used water allocations to be recredited

30C Applications for used water allocations to be recredited

(1) For the Act, section 76(3), the Minister may grant an application for used water allocations to be recredited to the water allocation account for a prescribed access licence if satisfied—

(a) the used water allocations were used under the prescribed access licence for taking water from a regulated river water source to act in accordance with a long-term watering plan, and

(b) an amount of the water taken from the regulated river water source has been returned to the regulated river water source, and

(c) the amount of used water allocations sought to be recredited are an estimate of the amount of water returned.

(2) In this section—

long-term watering plan has the same meaning as in the Basin Plan 2012 of the Commonwealth.

s 30C: Ins 2025 (488), Sch 1[1].