Water Plan (Barron) 2023
sec.63Purpose to be stated on water licence
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sec.63 Purpose to be stated on water licence
The purpose to be stated on a water licence to take underground water that replaces an existing licence must be— if the purpose stated on the existing licence is irrigation, stock intensive, agriculture, dairy, water harvesting, aquaculture or a similar purpose—‘rural’; or otherwise—‘any’. The purpose to be stated on a water licence to take underground water, other than a water licence mentioned in subsection (1) , must be— ‘rural’; or ‘any’; or ‘town water supply’. In this section— existing licence means a water licence to take underground water in effect immediately before 27 November 2009. (sec.63-ssec.1) The purpose to be stated on a water licence to take underground water that replaces an existing licence must be— if the purpose stated on the existing licence is irrigation, stock intensive, agriculture, dairy, water harvesting, aquaculture or a similar purpose—‘rural’; or otherwise—‘any’. (sec.63-ssec.2) The purpose to be stated on a water licence to take underground water, other than a water licence mentioned in subsection (1) , must be— ‘rural’; or ‘any’; or ‘town water supply’. (sec.63-ssec.3) In this section— existing licence means a water licence to take underground water in effect immediately before 27 November 2009.
- (a) if the purpose stated on the existing licence is irrigation, stock intensive, agriculture, dairy, water harvesting, aquaculture or a similar purpose—‘rural’; or
- (b) otherwise—‘any’.
- (a) ‘rural’; or
- (b) ‘any’; or
- (c) ‘town water supply’.