23Approval of applications

23 Approval of applications

23 Approval of applications

(1) In determining whether or not to approve a transfer of rights to take and use water, the Ministerial Corporation may take into consideration such matters as it thinks fit, including (without limiting the matters that may be considered)—

(a) the social and economic effects that a transfer would have if approved, and

(b) whether there has been a history of water usage (and, if so, the extent of that usage) under the transferor’s entitlement, and

(c) the impact on the flow and water quality of the water source that a transfer would have if approved.

(2) The Ministerial Corporation may, as a condition of its approval, require the transferor to surrender permanently part of the transferor’s rights to take and use water under the entitlement.