sec.26BAccepting and deciding applications for dealings with water licences to take or interfere with surface water

sec.26B Accepting and deciding applications for dealings with water licences to take or interfere with surface water

This section applies to the chief executive in making a decision about an application for 1 or more dealings with a water licence to take or interfere with surface water, other than an application to which section 26 applies. The chief executive may accept and decide the application if granting the application would not do any of the following— increase the volumetric limit for surface water taken under the licence; increase the interference with surface water under the licence; for an application relating to an unzoned water licence— change a location from which surface water may be taken under the licence; or change a condition of the licence, other than by removing a water storage condition. In this section— unzoned water licence means a water licence under which surface water may be taken from land that is not in or adjacent to a water licence zone. s 26B ins 2017 SL No. 7 s 13 amd 2019 SL No. 120 s 16 (sec.26B-ssec.1) This section applies to the chief executive in making a decision about an application for 1 or more dealings with a water licence to take or interfere with surface water, other than an application to which section 26 applies. (sec.26B-ssec.2) The chief executive may accept and decide the application if granting the application would not do any of the following— increase the volumetric limit for surface water taken under the licence; increase the interference with surface water under the licence; for an application relating to an unzoned water licence— change a location from which surface water may be taken under the licence; or change a condition of the licence, other than by removing a water storage condition. (sec.26B-ssec.3) In this section— unzoned water licence means a water licence under which surface water may be taken from land that is not in or adjacent to a water licence zone.

• (a) increase the volumetric limit for surface water taken under the licence;
• (b) increase the interference with surface water under the licence;
• (c) for an application relating to an unzoned water licence— (i) change a location from which surface water may be taken under the licence; or (ii) change a condition of the licence, other than by removing a water storage condition.
• (i) change a location from which surface water may be taken under the licence; or
• (ii) change a condition of the licence, other than by removing a water storage condition.
• (i) change a location from which surface water may be taken under the licence; or
• (ii) change a condition of the licence, other than by removing a water storage condition.