New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WATER ACT 1912 - SECT 116

116 Granting of licence

(1) The Ministerial Corporation may, if, in its opinion such a course is necessary, grant a licence for a limited period, and any licence so granted shall (subject to the provisions of this Part with regard to the renewal of licences, and subject to such limitations and conditions as the Ministerial Corporation may think fit to make) be renewed by the Ministerial Corporation from time to time on the application of the person holding the licence and on payment of the prescribed fee.

(2) The Ministerial Corporation may limit the period of any renewal. The licence shall lapse if the sinking of the bore or the enlarging, deepening, or altering of the bore licensed be not commenced and completed within such times or extended times as may be notified by the Ministerial Corporation to the licensee.