Water Management Act 1999

Except as provided by section 64, the Minister must approve an application for a licence that – is in accordance with section 62; and is consistent with the objectives of this Act and any relevant water management plan; and could not reasonably be expected to lead to material environmental harm or serious environmental harm; and will not have a significant adverse impact on other persons taking water from the relevant water resource or on the commercial operations of a major user of water from that water resource.

An approval under subsection (1) takes effect on such day as is specified for that purpose in the notice of the approval given under section 68.