Water Plan (Cape York) 2019
sec.59Contents for water licences to take water
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sec.59 Contents for water licences to take water
If the water licence is a water licence to take water from a watercourse, lake or spring, the water licence must state— one of the following as the purpose for which the water may be taken under the licence— ‘CYPHA’; ‘CYPHA’ is an abbreviation for Cape York Peninsula Heritage Area. ‘stock and domestic’; ‘relift’; ‘urban’; ‘any’; and for a licence with a stated purpose of ‘stock and domestic’, ‘urban’ or ‘any’—the maximum rate for the licence; and the volumetric limit for the licence; and the conditions, if any, for the licence. If the water licence is a water licence to take underground water, the water licence must state— one of the following as the purpose for which the water may be taken under the licence— ‘CYPHA’; ‘urban’; ‘any’; and the volumetric limit for the licence; and the conditions, if any, for the licence. Subsection (2) does not apply to a water licence with a stated purpose of mine dewatering. If the water licence is a water licence to take overland flow water, the water licence must state— one of the following as the purpose for which the water may be taken under the licence— ‘CYPHA’; ‘urban’; ‘any’; and at least 1 of the following— the maximum rate for the licence; the maximum storage capacity of works that may be used to store water taken under the licence; the volumetric limit for the licence; and the conditions, if any, for the licence. (sec.59-ssec.1) If the water licence is a water licence to take water from a watercourse, lake or spring, the water licence must state— one of the following as the purpose for which the water may be taken under the licence— ‘CYPHA’; ‘CYPHA’ is an abbreviation for Cape York Peninsula Heritage Area. ‘stock and domestic’; ‘relift’; ‘urban’; ‘any’; and for a licence with a stated purpose of ‘stock and domestic’, ‘urban’ or ‘any’—the maximum rate for the licence; and the volumetric limit for the licence; and the conditions, if any, for the licence. (sec.59-ssec.2) If the water licence is a water licence to take underground water, the water licence must state— one of the following as the purpose for which the water may be taken under the licence— ‘CYPHA’; ‘urban’; ‘any’; and the volumetric limit for the licence; and the conditions, if any, for the licence. (sec.59-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a water licence with a stated purpose of mine dewatering. (sec.59-ssec.4) If the water licence is a water licence to take overland flow water, the water licence must state— one of the following as the purpose for which the water may be taken under the licence— ‘CYPHA’; ‘urban’; ‘any’; and at least 1 of the following— the maximum rate for the licence; the maximum storage capacity of works that may be used to store water taken under the licence; the volumetric limit for the licence; and the conditions, if any, for the licence.
- (a) one of the following as the purpose for which the water may be taken under the licence— (i) ‘CYPHA’; Note— ‘CYPHA’ is an abbreviation for Cape York Peninsula Heritage Area. (ii) ‘stock and domestic’; (iii) ‘relift’; (iv) ‘urban’; (v) ‘any’; and