Taking water using existing water bores authorised
89 Taking water using existing water bores authorised
The owner of an existing water bore in the Einasleigh groundwater management area may continue to use the bore to take groundwater for 1 year after the commencement of this plan.
Also, if the owner gives the chief executive notice, in the approved form, of the water bore and the taking of water using the bore, the owner may continue to use the bore to take groundwater—
after the notice is given; and
until the owner is granted a water licence under section 90.
Subsections (1) and (2) do not authorise the owner to take more than the relevant annual volumetric limit of groundwater for the owner.
In this section—
relevant annual volumetric limit, of groundwater for an owner of an existing water bore in the Einasleigh groundwater management area, means the annual volume of groundwater the owner was taking in the Einasleigh groundwater management area before 17 October 2003.
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