New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 2000 - SECT 61

61 Applications for granting of access licences

(1) A person may apply to the Minister for an access licence if:

(a) the application is for a specific purpose access licence and the regulations provide, or a management plan provides, that an application for the licence may be made, or

(b) the application is for an access licence with a zero share component (as referred to in section 63 (5)), or

(c) the person has acquired the right to apply for the licence under section 65.

(3) In the case of an application under subsection (1) for an access licence:

(a) for water in an area that is not within a water management area, or

(b) for water in a water management area for which there is no water sharing management plan in force,

the Minister must cause the application to be advertised in accordance with the regulations.

(5) The Minister:

(a) may require an applicant for an access licence to provide additional information within a specified time if of the opinion that additional information would be relevant to consideration of the application, and

(b) may delay consideration of the application until the information is provided or, if the information is not provided within the time specified, may refuse to consider the application.

(6) The Minister may refuse to accept an application for an access licence if it appears to the Minister that the application is incomplete.