WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 129 When chief executive must refuse application

WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 129

129 When chief executive must refuse application

(1) If the granting of the application would be inconsistent with a water plan, water management protocol, water entitlement notice or the seasonal water assignment rules prescribed in a regulation, the chief executive must refuse the application without notice of the application being published.

(2) Within 30 business days after refusing the application, the chief executive must give the applicant a notice under section 114 about the refusal.