Water licence to take water for stock purposes
479 Water licence to take water for stock purposes
This section applies if—
the chief executive gives the Water Act regulator a copy of a notice of transfer relating to a water supply bore under section 476; and
the Water Act regulator considers the landowner for the water supply bore will take water for stock purposes using the bore.
The Water Act regulator must, within 60 business days of receiving the copy of the notice of transfer, grant a water licence, with or without conditions, to the landowner to take water for stock purposes using the bore.
The water licence must not allow the landowner to take water using the water supply bore unless the bore has a watertight delivery system within the meaning of the GAB Water Plan, section 29(2).
Note—
See also the GAB Water Plan, sections 26(2)(a) and 31(1).
For the GAB Water Plan, section 31(2), the water supply bore is taken to have been drilled after the commencement of the GAB Water Plan.
The GAB Water Plan, part 4, division 5 does not apply in relation to the granting of the water licence.
For the Water Act, section 116(2), the process mentioned in subsections (1) to (5) is taken to be stated in the GAB Water Plan.
Note—
See the Water Act, section 116(2) for when the Water Act regulator may grant a water licence without the need for an application to be made under section 107 of that Act.
In this section—
stock purposes see the Water Act, schedule 4.
water licence see the Water Act, schedule 4.
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