Water Plan (Barron) 2023
sec.57Contents of water licence
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sec.57 Contents of water licence
A water licence to take unsupplemented water must state each of the following— the purpose for which water may be taken under the licence; the nominal entitlement for the licence; the daily volumetric limit for the licence; if a condition applies to the licence, including, for example, a flow condition under which water may be taken or a condition about storing water taken under the licence—the condition. However— subsection (1) (b) does not apply to a licence that states a purpose of ‘hydro-electric’ or ‘relift’; and subsection (1) (c) does not apply to a licence that states a purpose of ‘relift’. (sec.57-ssec.1) A water licence to take unsupplemented water must state each of the following— the purpose for which water may be taken under the licence; the nominal entitlement for the licence; the daily volumetric limit for the licence; if a condition applies to the licence, including, for example, a flow condition under which water may be taken or a condition about storing water taken under the licence—the condition. (sec.57-ssec.2) However— subsection (1) (b) does not apply to a licence that states a purpose of ‘hydro-electric’ or ‘relift’; and subsection (1) (c) does not apply to a licence that states a purpose of ‘relift’.
- (a) the purpose for which water may be taken under the licence;
- (b) the nominal entitlement for the licence;
- (c) the daily volumetric limit for the licence;
- (d) if a condition applies to the licence, including, for example, a flow condition under which water may be taken or a condition about storing water taken under the licence—the condition.
- (a) subsection (1) (b) does not apply to a licence that states a purpose of ‘hydro-electric’ or ‘relift’; and
- (b) subsection (1) (c) does not apply to a licence that states a purpose of ‘relift’.