Applications for water licences that must not be accepted—Act, s 43
53 Applications for water licences that must not be accepted—Act, s 43
For section 43(2)(j) of the Act, the chief executive must not accept an application for a water licence made under section 107 of the Act unless the application—
is an application to which part 2, division 4 applies; or
is made as part of a process for releasing unallocated water from the general reserve or strategic reserve; or
is to interfere with the flow of surface water in a watercourse, lake or spring by diversion; or
is to interfere with the flow of groundwater under land; or
is to take water to facilitate the removal of mine site seepage or runoff from a watercourse.
Subsection (1)(e) applies only if the water management protocol states that applications of the type mentioned in that subsection may be accepted.
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