(1) A person may apply to the Minister for a general place of take approval in relation to water to be taken under relevant water allocations that are or may be held by the applicant.
(2) The applicant must, in the Minister's reasonable belief, be authorised or be likely to be authorised to use water taken from the proposed approved place on land under a related water-use licence or water-use registration because the applicant—
(a) holds or is likely to hold such a related water-use licence or water-use registration; or
(b) has the consent of the holder of such a related water-use licence or water-use registration to so use water.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if an applicant under subsection (1) is a person who holds a bulk entitlement or environmental entitlement.
S. 64FE inserted by No. 48/2021 s. 32 (as amended by No. 10/2023 ss 7–13).