Water Plan (Burdekin Basin) 2007

This section applies to the chief executive in making a decision about an application for a water licence to take surface water if—

the proposed taking is for—

stock purposes only; or

domestic purposes only; or

stock purposes and domestic purposes only; and

the proposed location for the taking is not in a water allocation zone.

The chief executive may grant the application if the chief executive is satisfied—

the applicant does not hold a water entitlement allowing the taking of water from the proposed location; and

there is no alternative water supply to the proposed location; and

there is no unallocated water at the proposed location for which the applicant may apply for a water entitlement; and

there is a registered plan of survey for the land containing the proposed location; and

the plan of survey was registered before the final draft of the pre-amendment resource operations plan was approved under section 103(5) of the pre-amendment Act.

Subsection (2) does not limit the matters the chief executive may consider.

In this section—

pre-amendment Act means the Act as in force immediately before 6 December 2016.

pre-amendment resource operations plan means the resource operations plan to implement the pre-amendment water resource plan as in force immediately before 6 December 2016.

pre-amendment water resource plan means this plan as in force immediately before 6 December 2016.

registered plan of survey means a plan of survey registered under the Land Title Act 1994.