WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 136C Determination of application
WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 136C
Determination of application
(1) After considering an application for a well driller's licence, the Minister may (a) approve the application as submitted; or(b) if the applicant agrees, approve the application as if it were for a licence of a class lower than that actually applied for; or(c) refuse the application.(2) However, the Minister must not approve the application unless satisfied that (a) the applicant is qualified to physically undertake well works of the relevant class; and(b) any endorsements sought by the applicant are appropriate for the class of licence and that the applicant is qualified to employ the drilling methods to which the endorsements relate; and(c) the applicant has no convictions for offences of a serious kind against this Part or for offences against section 283 ; and(d) the applicant has or satisfies any prescribed competencies; and(e) if the applicant has held another well driller's licence, no more than the prescribed number of demerit points were allocated to it under Division 2 of Part 13 .(3) If subsection (1)(c) applies, the Minister is to notify the applicant as soon as practicable of (a) the refusal; and(b) the reasons for the refusal; and(c) any rights of review or appeal under Part 14 .