Water Management Act 1999

A person may apply to the Minister for a Division 3 permit to undertake dam works in respect of – a single dam; or a group of dams that collectively store, hold back or impede the flow of a single body of water.

An application – must comply with section 12A; and if the applicant is not the owner of the land on which the proposed dam works would be undertaken – must include a declaration that the applicant has notified the owner of the land, in writing, of the intention to make the application.

If the Minister determines that an application does not comply with section 12A and the requirements of this section, and accordingly does not constitute an application under this section, the Minister must notify the applicant of that fact.

A notice under subsection (3) – is to be in writing; and is to be given within 10 days after the Minister receives the application; and is to include information concerning the applicant's rights of review or appeal under Part 14.

If – an applicant lodges an application for review under Part 14 in relation to the Minister's determination that the application does not comply with section 12A and the requirements of this section; and the review determines that the application does so comply – the application is taken, for the purposes of this Act, to have been made on the day on which the review so determines.