Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

WATER RESOURCES ACT 2007 (NO. 19 OF 2007) - SECT 44

    (1)     On application by a person for a waterway work licence, the authority must—

        (a)     issue the licence; or

        (b)     refuse to issue the licence.

    (2)     The authority must not issue a waterway work licence unless satisfied it is appropriate to do so having regard to—

        (a)     whether issuing the licence would or may—

              (i)     adversely affect the environmental flows for a particular waterway or aquifer that are required under the environmental flow guidelines; or

              (ii)     adversely affect the environment in any other way; or

              (iii)     adversely affect the interests of other water users; and

        (b)     whether the work would be in the interests of the public; and

        (c)     for work that involves the construction or alteration of a water structure—

              (i)     whether the structure is designed to allow water to pass over, under or through it; and

              (ii)     the need for the structure and whether another more appropriate approach is available; and

        (d)     anything else the authority considers relevant.