Water Plan (Cooper Creek) 2011

The chief executive may, under section 212 of the Act, grant a water licence to take or interfere with water that could have been taken or interfered with under—

an authority continued under the Act and in existence on 11 July 2008; or

an authority issued under section 4 of the repealed Water Act 1926–1983; or

any historic permission, either formal or implicit, given to the State or local government to take or interfere with water.

A water licence mentioned in subsection (1)(c) may be granted only to the State or a local government.

In deciding the nominal entitlement of water that may be taken under the water licence to take water, the chief executive must consider the matters mentioned in section 30.

In deciding the maximum rate for taking water under the water licence to take water, the chief executive must consider the matters mentioned in section 28.

In deciding the daily volumetric limit under the water licence to take water, the chief executive must consider the matters mentioned in section 29.

The owner of existing works associated with an authority or permission mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (c) may continue to use the works to take water until the chief executive grants a water licence to the owner under subsection (1).