Water Plan (Barron) 2023
sec.58Purpose to be stated on water licence
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sec.58 Purpose to be stated on water licence
The purpose to be stated on a water licence to take unsupplemented water that replaces an existing licence must be— if the purpose stated on the existing licence is stock or domestic—‘stock and domestic’; or if the purpose stated on the existing licence is irrigation, stock intensive, agriculture, dairy, water harvesting, aquaculture or a similar purpose—‘rural’; or if the purpose stated on the existing licence is relift or a similar purpose—‘relift’; or if the purpose stated on the existing licence is hydro-electric or a similar purpose—‘hydro-electric’; or otherwise—‘any’. The purpose to be stated on a water licence to take unsupplemented water, other than a water licence mentioned in subsection (1) , must be— ‘stock and domestic’; or ‘rural’; or ‘relift’; or ‘hydro-electric’; or ‘Indigenous’; or ‘any’. In this section— existing licence means a water licence to take unsupplemented water in effect immediately before 27 November 2009. (sec.58-ssec.1) The purpose to be stated on a water licence to take unsupplemented water that replaces an existing licence must be— if the purpose stated on the existing licence is stock or domestic—‘stock and domestic’; or if the purpose stated on the existing licence is irrigation, stock intensive, agriculture, dairy, water harvesting, aquaculture or a similar purpose—‘rural’; or if the purpose stated on the existing licence is relift or a similar purpose—‘relift’; or if the purpose stated on the existing licence is hydro-electric or a similar purpose—‘hydro-electric’; or otherwise—‘any’. (sec.58-ssec.2) The purpose to be stated on a water licence to take unsupplemented water, other than a water licence mentioned in subsection (1) , must be— ‘stock and domestic’; or ‘rural’; or ‘relift’; or ‘hydro-electric’; or ‘Indigenous’; or ‘any’. (sec.58-ssec.3) In this section— existing licence means a water licence to take unsupplemented water in effect immediately before 27 November 2009.
- (a) if the purpose stated on the existing licence is stock or domestic—‘stock and domestic’; or
- (b) if the purpose stated on the existing licence is irrigation, stock intensive, agriculture, dairy, water harvesting, aquaculture or a similar purpose—‘rural’; or
- (c) if the purpose stated on the existing licence is relift or a similar purpose—‘relift’; or
- (d) if the purpose stated on the existing licence is hydro-electric or a similar purpose—‘hydro-electric’; or
- (e) otherwise—‘any’.
- (a) ‘stock and domestic’; or
- (b) ‘rural’; or
- (c) ‘relift’; or
- (d) ‘hydro-electric’; or
- (e) ‘Indigenous’; or
- (f) ‘any’.