WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 2000 - SECT 61
Applications for granting of access licences
WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 2000 - SECT 61
Applications for granting of access licences
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 in circumstances where--
(i) the regulations provide, or a relevant management plan provides, that an
application for the licence may be made, and
(ii) the application does not
contravene any restriction on the making of such an application contained in a
relevant management plan, 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.
(7) An applicant for an access licence may, by notice in writing
to the Minister, amend or withdraw the application for the access licence at
any time before the application is determined.