(1) Subject to any cancellation or surrender of an existing water licence, the
licence expires under section 213A despite any period stated on the licence as
being the period for which the licence is granted.
(2) Also, section 213A(2)
does not apply to an existing water licence granted by the chief executive in
accordance with a process mentioned in section 212(1).
(3) In this section—
"existing water licence" means a water licence in force immediately before the
commencement of this section.