Taking water in excess of amount authorised under a section 51 licence
64C Taking water in excess of amount authorised under a section 51 licence
Subsection (2) applies if the Minister reasonably believes that the holder of a licence under section 51 has taken more water from the licensed place than the holder is authorised to take from that place under the licence.
The Minister may determine that the unauthorised amount be deducted from the holder's current and future rights to take water—
under the licence from the licensed place; or
from another place, in the same water system as the licensed place, under another licence under section 51.
A licence under section 51 is subject to the Minister's power to determine under subsection (2) deductions from the authorisation to take water under the licence.
In this section—
licensed place, in relation to a licence under section 51, means a place in a water system from which the licence holder is authorised to take water under the licence;
unauthorised amount of water means the amount of water that the Minister reasonably believes under subsection (1) the holder of the licence has taken without being authorised to take it.
New s. 64D inserted by No. 48/2021 s. 61.
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