Water Plan (Burnett Basin) 2014
sec.31Direction to chief executive about refusal of application to take groundwater in a relevant groundwater management area
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sec.31 Direction to chief executive about refusal of application to take groundwater in a relevant groundwater management area
This section applies to an application for a water licence, made under section 206 of the Act , to take groundwater from a relevant groundwater management area, other than an application for the purpose of agricultural dewatering in the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area. The application must be refused if granting the application would have 1 or more of the following effects in relation to the water to which this plan applies— increase the amount of water that may be taken; change the location from which water may be taken; change the conditions under which water may be taken. (sec.31-ssec.1) This section applies to an application for a water licence, made under section 206 of the Act , to take groundwater from a relevant groundwater management area, other than an application for the purpose of agricultural dewatering in the Coastal Burnett groundwater management area. (sec.31-ssec.2) The application must be refused if granting the application would have 1 or more of the following effects in relation to the water to which this plan applies— increase the amount of water that may be taken; change the location from which water may be taken; change the conditions under which water may be taken.
- (a) increase the amount of water that may be taken;
- (b) change the location from which water may be taken;
- (c) change the conditions under which water may be taken.