New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 2000 - SECT 67

67 Imposition of conditions after access licence is granted

(1) Discretionary conditions may not be imposed on an access licence after it has been granted unless the Minister:

(a) has given written notice to the holder of the access licence that the Minister proposes to impose such conditions, and

(b) has given the holder of the access licence a reasonable opportunity to make submissions to the Minister with respect to the proposed conditions, and

(c) has taken any such submissions into consideration.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to conditions imposed on an access licence at the request of the holder of the access licence, to conditions imposed on an access licence as a result of action taken under section 66 (3) or to conditions imposed on an access licence in connection with a dealing under Division 4.

(2A) Mandatory conditions are to be imposed on an access licence whenever it becomes necessary to do so in order to give effect to a relevant management plan.

(3) The Minister must cause written notice of any conditions imposed on an access licence after the time it is granted to be served on the holder of the access licence.

(4) A condition referred to in subsection (3) takes effect on the day on which the notice referred to in that subsection is served on the holder of the access licence or on such later day as may be specified in the notice in that regard.