Water Plan (Cape York) 2019
sec.60Purpose to be stated on amended licence
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sec.60 Purpose to be stated on amended licence
This section applies if the water licence is being amended. The purpose stated on the water licence must be— if the purpose stated on the pre-amended licence is ‘stock or domestic’, ‘relift’ or ‘urban’—the stated purpose; or if the chief executive is satisfied that water taken under the pre-amended licence is used for a relift purpose—‘relift’; or otherwise—‘any’. For subsection (2) (b) , water taken under a water licence is used for a relift purpose if the water is— taken from a watercourse, lake, spring or works under the licence; and released into a watercourse, lake, spring or works for the purpose of being taken from the watercourse, lake, spring or works under another authorisation. (sec.60-ssec.1) This section applies if the water licence is being amended. (sec.60-ssec.2) The purpose stated on the water licence must be— if the purpose stated on the pre-amended licence is ‘stock or domestic’, ‘relift’ or ‘urban’—the stated purpose; or if the chief executive is satisfied that water taken under the pre-amended licence is used for a relift purpose—‘relift’; or otherwise—‘any’. (sec.60-ssec.3) For subsection (2) (b) , water taken under a water licence is used for a relift purpose if the water is— taken from a watercourse, lake, spring or works under the licence; and released into a watercourse, lake, spring or works for the purpose of being taken from the watercourse, lake, spring or works under another authorisation.
- (a) if the purpose stated on the pre-amended licence is ‘stock or domestic’, ‘relift’ or ‘urban’—the stated purpose; or
- (b) if the chief executive is satisfied that water taken under the pre-amended licence is used for a relift purpose—‘relift’; or
- (c) otherwise—‘any’.
- (a) taken from a watercourse, lake, spring or works under the licence; and
- (b) released into a watercourse, lake, spring or works for the purpose of being taken from the watercourse, lake, spring or works under another authorisation.