Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WATER PLAN (BORDER RIVERS AND MOONIE) 2019 - REG 56

56 Content and conditions of water licences to take overland flow water

(1) A water licence to take overland flow water to which this plan applies must—

(a) state the purpose for which the water may be taken as ‘any’; and

(b) include at least 1 of the following—

(i) the maximum rate at which the water may be taken under the water licence;

(ii) the maximum storage capacity of works that may be used to store the water taken under the water licence;

(iii) the average annual volume of water that may be taken under the water licence;

(iv) the volumetric limit for the water licence.

(2) The water licence may also include the following conditions—

(a) a limit on the volume of the water that may be taken in a stated period;

(b) a limit on the volume of the water that may be stored.