New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WATER ACT 1912 - SECT 190

190 Duration of water management licence

(1) A water management licence has effect for:

(a) such period (not exceeding 20 years) as is specified in the licence, or

(b) if that period is extended under this section, for that extended period.

(2) At the end of each 5 year period following the date on which its current water management licence was granted, a water management authority may apply to the Ministerial Corporation for an extension of the period of the licence for a further 5 years.

(3) In determining whether or not to grant such an extension, the Ministerial Corporation must have regard to the review that it has conducted under section 193 in relation to that 5 year period.