WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 121
Who may apply for dealing with water licence
WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 121
Who may apply for dealing with water licence
121 Who may apply for dealing with water licence
(1) The licensee of a water licence may apply for 1 or more dealings with the
licence.
(2) However, this section does not apply to a licensee surrendering
the licensee’s water licence or the cancellation or repeal of a licence.
(2A) Despite subsection (1) , an application to relocate the water licence may
be made only if section 126applies to the licence.
(3) Also, the following
persons may apply for the dealing with the water licence mentioned in the
circumstances mentioned—
(a) for a seasonal water assignment of a seasonal
water assignment notice for the water year in which the application is
made—the holder of the seasonal water assignment notice;
(b) for the
transfer of a water licence—the licensee and proposed transferee if the
proposed transferee is an owner of land to which the water licence attaches or
a prescribed entity;
(c) for an application to reinstate an expired water
licence—
(i) if a licensee fails to renew a water licence—the licensee; or
(ii) if the licensee has ceased to be an owner of the land to which the
licence was attached—another owner of the land;
(d) for an application to
amalgamate 2 or more water licences into a single licence—either of the
following—
(i) the licensee or licensees of 2 or more water licences
relating to the same land;