Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made

WATER PLAN (GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN AND OTHER REGIONAL AQUIFERS) 2017 - REG 68

68 Granting water licences

(1) The chief executive may, under section 116 of the Act , grant a water licence—

(a) to a person authorised under section 65 or 66 to continue taking water; or

(b) to a person who may continue to take water under section 67 for a prescribed activity under the Water Regulation 2016 on the person’s request under this section.

(2) A person mentioned in subsection (1) (b) may ask the chief executive to grant the person a water licence to take water for the prescribed activity.

(3) The request must—

(a) be in writing; and

(b) include sufficient information to support the request, including, for example, information about the following matters—

(i) the history of water use for the prescribed activity;

(ii) the works used for the prescribed activity;

(iii) the water-taking capacity of the works;

(iv) the volume of water required to continue to carry out the prescribed activity.

(4) After receiving the request, the chief executive must—

(a) consider the request; and

(b) decide whether to grant the person the water licence.

(5) Section 14 (1) does not apply to a decision to grant a water licence under this section.