Water Act 1992

(1) A person (the developer) may apply for a licence under this Part if the developer proposes to do all of the following:

(a) develop land (the development) that would use water for one or more beneficial uses, other than mining activity and petroleum activity;

(b) transfer or lease areas of the land to other persons participating in the development;

(c) transfer the entitlement to water under the licence to those other persons to use for those beneficial uses.

(2) The application for the licence must be in a form approved by the Controller and include the details of the proposed development, including the following:

(a) the areas of land expected to be transferred or leased to other persons participating in the development;

(3) The Controller must not accept an application for a licence to take water in respect of a development on land in a Restricted Water Extraction Area, other than an application in relation to Crown land that is leased from the Crown under the Crown Lands Act 1992 or the Special Purposes Leases Act 1953.