Water Management Act 1999

This section applies to a person who before the adoption of a water management plan held a right to take water under Part 5 if the plan requires him or her to hold a licence for the taking of that water.

A person to whom this section applies – may, subject to a restriction or prohibition under section 92, continue to take water without a licence – for a period of 3 months after the date of adoption of the relevant water management plan; or if he or she applies for a licence within that period, until the application is granted or refused; and is entitled to have endorsed on the licence, without payment of a fee, a water allocation determined by the Minister in accordance with the relevant water management plan.