Water Management Act 2000

Subject to any embargo, any person may apply for an approval.

An application for an approval must be made to the Minister in accordance with the regulations.

The regulations may require the application to be accompanied by a management program for the land to which the application relates.

An application may relate to more than one approval, whether of the same or of a different kind, unless the Minister requires a separate application to be made in relation to one or more of them.

The Minister—

may require an applicant for an approval to provide additional information within a specified time if of the opinion that additional information would be relevant to consideration of the application, and

may delay consideration of the application until the information is provided or, if the information is not provided within the time specified, may refuse to consider the application.

The Minister may refuse to accept an application for an approval if it appears to the Minister that the application is incomplete.

The regulations may require any application, or any specified class of applications, to be advertised.

A management plan may require an application for an approval in relation to a work, or a specified class of applications for approvals in relation to works, located within the water management area or water source to which the plan applies to be advertised.

An applicant for an approval may, by notice in writing to the Minister, amend or withdraw the application for the approval at any time before the application is determined.