WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 29 Limiting water taken under water licence, water permit or water allocation

WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 29

29 Limiting water taken under water licence, water permit or water allocation

(1) If there is a shortage of water, the chief executive may, by publishing a notice do the following—

(a) limit the water that may be taken under a water entitlement, water permit or seasonal water assignment notice;

(b) limit the water that may be taken under part 3 , division 1 , subdivision 2 .

(2) The notice may be for any 1 or more of the following—

(a) the times when water may be taken;

(b) the purpose for which water may be taken;

(c) the volume of water, measured or estimated that may be taken, including for a stated purpose.

(3) The notice remains in force for the period of not more than one year stated in the notice.

(4) Nothing prevents the chief executive from acting under this section a second or subsequent time.

(5) A person must not take water in contravention of the notice.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty for subsection (5) —500 penalty units.