WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 113 Criteria for deciding application for water licence

WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 113

113 Criteria for deciding application for water licence

In deciding whether to grant or refuse the application, the chief executive must consider the application together with—

(a) if a water plan would apply to any water licence granted—the water plan; and

(b) if the application relates to the Murray-Darling Basin—the long-term average sustainable diversion limits included in the Basin Plan; and

(c) if additional information has been given to the chief executive under section 111 —the additional information; and

(d) if notice of the application has been published under section 112 —all properly made submissions about the application; and

(e) if a water plan would not apply to any water licence granted—

(i) existing water entitlements and authorities to take or interfere with water; and

(ii) any information about the effects of taking, or interfering with, water on natural ecosystems; and

(iii) any information about the effects of taking, or interfering with, water on the physical integrity of watercourses, lakes, springs or aquifers; and

(iv) strategies and policies for water resource management in the area to which the application relates; and

(f) the public interest.