Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WATER PLAN (MORETON) 2007 - REG 65

65 Amending water licences to take groundwater

(1) This section applies to a water licence to take groundwater in force on the commencement of this plan.

(2) The chief executive may amend the water licence to state—

(a) an annual volumetric limit for the licence; and

(b) any other condition decided by the chief executive.

(3) In deciding the annual volumetric limit for a water licence, the chief executive must have regard to—

(a) the water taking capacity of any works, in existence on the commencement of this plan, for taking water under the water licence; and

(b) the annual volumes of groundwater estimated by the chief executive to have been taken during the period, of not more than 10 years, immediately before the commencement of this plan; and

(c) the efficiency of the use of the water mentioned in paragraph (b) ; and

(d) the impact the taking of groundwater under the water licence has on the flow of surface water; and

(e) data collected by the chief executive about groundwater levels; and

(f) whether the amount of water to be taken under the water licence is consistent with the outcomes mentioned in part 3 and the objectives of this plan.