sec.30AGranting water licences to take declared water

sec.30A Granting water licences to take declared water

This section applies if, under section 37 of the Act , a chief executive’s notice requires the owner of land in the watercourse area on which there are existing works for taking groundwater to notify the chief executive of the works and the water use. After the chief executive receives the notice, the chief executive may, under section 212 of the Act , grant a water licence to the owner to take declared water using the works. The licence must be— granted under a process stated in the resource operations plan; and consistent with part 5A , division 7 . However, for the purpose of granting a water licence under this section, a reference in part 5A , division 7 to groundwater is taken to be a reference to declared water. In this section— existing works means works that the chief executive is satisfied were used or capable of being used to take groundwater for a purpose other than stock or domestic purposes on 24 June 2003. s 30A ins 2009 SL No. 212 s 34 amd 2011 Act No. 40 s 107 sch (sec.30A-ssec.1) This section applies if, under section 37 of the Act , a chief executive’s notice requires the owner of land in the watercourse area on which there are existing works for taking groundwater to notify the chief executive of the works and the water use. (sec.30A-ssec.2) After the chief executive receives the notice, the chief executive may, under section 212 of the Act , grant a water licence to the owner to take declared water using the works. (sec.30A-ssec.3) The licence must be— granted under a process stated in the resource operations plan; and consistent with part 5A , division 7 . (sec.30A-ssec.4) However, for the purpose of granting a water licence under this section, a reference in part 5A , division 7 to groundwater is taken to be a reference to declared water. (sec.30A-ssec.5) In this section— existing works means works that the chief executive is satisfied were used or capable of being used to take groundwater for a purpose other than stock or domestic purposes on 24 June 2003.

• (a) granted under a process stated in the resource operations plan; and
• (b) consistent with part 5A , division 7 .