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Water Resources Act 2007
27Water access entitlement—effect of transfer on licence to
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27 Water access entitlement—effect of transfer on licence to
take water
(1) If a person transfers absolutely the whole of a water access
licence to take water relates, the licence is taken to be cancelled.
(2) If a person transfers, for a limited period, the whole of a water access
licence to take water relates, the licence is taken to be suspended for
the period.
(3) If a person transfers absolutely part of a water access entitlement or
corresponding water access entitlement to which a licence to take
water relates, the amount of water the person is authorised to take
under the licence is taken to be reduced by the amount of the transfer.
(4) If a person transfers, for a limited period, part of a water access
licence to take water relates, the amount of water the person is
authorised to take under the licence is taken to be reduced by the
amount of the transfer for the period.
(5) In this section:
corresponding water access entitlement means a water access
entitlement (however described) granted under a law of the
Commonwealth, a State or another Territory that regulates the
granting of entitlements to water and is prescribed by regulation for
this definition.