Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

WATER RESOURCES ACT 2007 (NO. 19 OF 2007) - SECT 49

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

        (a)     issue the licence; or

        (b)     refuse to issue the licence.

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

        (a)     the applicant's environmental record; and

        (b)     the risk of the rising level of ground water damaging soil, rock or structures; and

        (c)     the risk of damaging ecosystems that depend on the area in question; and

        (d)     the risk of affecting the natural drainage of surface water of the area in question; and

        (e)     anything else the authority considers relevant.