Water Plan (Fitzroy Basin) 2011
sec.103Purpose to be stated on a water licence
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sec.103 Purpose to be stated on a water licence
The purpose stated on an amended water licence is to be— if the purpose stated on the water licence before the amendment is stock or domestic—‘stock and domestic’; or if the purpose stated on the water licence before the amendment is agriculture, irrigation, stock intensive or a similar purpose—‘agriculture’; or if the chief executive is satisfied that water taken under the water licence before the amendment was used for a relift purpose—‘relift’; or otherwise—‘any’. For subsection (1) (c) , water taken under a water licence is used for a relift purpose if the water is— released into a watercourse, lake, spring or works for the purpose of being taken from the watercourse, lake, spring or works under another authorisation; and taken from a watercourse, lake, spring or works under the licence. s 103 amd 2021 SL No. 71 s 31 (sec.103-ssec.1) The purpose stated on an amended water licence is to be— if the purpose stated on the water licence before the amendment is stock or domestic—‘stock and domestic’; or if the purpose stated on the water licence before the amendment is agriculture, irrigation, stock intensive or a similar purpose—‘agriculture’; or if the chief executive is satisfied that water taken under the water licence before the amendment was used for a relift purpose—‘relift’; or otherwise—‘any’. (sec.103-ssec.2) For subsection (1) (c) , water taken under a water licence is used for a relift purpose if the water is— released into a watercourse, lake, spring or works for the purpose of being taken from the watercourse, lake, spring or works under another authorisation; and taken from a watercourse, lake, spring or works under the licence.
- (a) if the purpose stated on the water licence before the amendment is stock or domestic—‘stock and domestic’; or
- (b) if the purpose stated on the water licence before the amendment is agriculture, irrigation, stock intensive or a similar purpose—‘agriculture’; or
- (c) if the chief executive is satisfied that water taken under the water licence before the amendment was used for a relift purpose—‘relift’; or
- (d) otherwise—‘any’.
- (a) released into a watercourse, lake, spring or works for the purpose of being taken from the watercourse, lake, spring or works under another authorisation; and
- (b) taken from a watercourse, lake, spring or works under the licence.