Water Act 2000

Subject to subsection (3), each of the following entities may apply for a water licence (a transmission water licence) for taking water from a receiving water source—

the bulk water supply authority;

a relevant entity for a recycled water scheme;

an entity nominated by a relevant entity for a recycled water scheme.

An application made under subsection (1) is a licence application.

If recycled water in a receiving water source is supplied from water supply works that supply bulk services under a bulk water supply agreement, the bulk water supply authority is the only entity that may make a licence application in relation to the receiving water source.

This subdivision, other than sections 110, 111, 113 and 114 and this section, does not apply to a licence application.

For applying sections 110, 111, 113 and 114, a reference to an application is taken to be a reference to a licence application.

The chief executive may decide the licence application without notice of the licence application being published.

If the chief executive grants a licence application, the transmission water licence does not attach to the licensee’s land.

In this section—approved recycled water management plan has the meaning given in the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008, schedule 3.receiving water source means a lake, or watercourse, into which recycled water is supplied under an approved recycled water management plan to augment a supply of drinking water.relevant entity has the meaning given in the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008, schedule 3.