Water Plan (Fitzroy Basin) 2011
sec.53Applications for water licences that must not be accepted— Act , s 43
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sec.53 Applications for water licences that must not be accepted— Act , s 43
For section 43 (2) (j) of the Act , the chief executive must not accept an application for a water licence made under section 107 of the Act unless the application— is an application to which part 2 , division 4 applies; or is made as part of a process for releasing unallocated water from the general reserve or strategic reserve; or is to interfere with the flow of surface water in a watercourse, lake or spring by diversion; or is to interfere with the flow of groundwater under land; or is to take water to facilitate the removal of mine site seepage or runoff from a watercourse. Subsection (1) (e) applies only if the water management protocol states that applications of the type mentioned in that subsection may be accepted. s 53 prev s 53 om 2015 SL No. 121 s 8 pres s 53 ins 2021 SL No. 71 s 21 (sec.53-ssec.1) For section 43 (2) (j) of the Act , the chief executive must not accept an application for a water licence made under section 107 of the Act unless the application— is an application to which part 2 , division 4 applies; or is made as part of a process for releasing unallocated water from the general reserve or strategic reserve; or is to interfere with the flow of surface water in a watercourse, lake or spring by diversion; or is to interfere with the flow of groundwater under land; or is to take water to facilitate the removal of mine site seepage or runoff from a watercourse. (sec.53-ssec.2) Subsection (1) (e) applies only if the water management protocol states that applications of the type mentioned in that subsection may be accepted.
- (a) is an application to which part 2 , division 4 applies; or
- (b) is made as part of a process for releasing unallocated water from the general reserve or strategic reserve; or
- (c) is to interfere with the flow of surface water in a watercourse, lake or spring by diversion; or
- (d) is to interfere with the flow of groundwater under land; or
- (e) is to take water to facilitate the removal of mine site seepage or runoff from a watercourse.