Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

WATER RESOURCES ACT 2007 - SECT 39

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

        (a)     issue the licence; or

        (b)     refuse to issue the licence.

    (2)     The authority must not issue a bore work licence unless satisfied that—

        (a)     either—

              (i)     the bore work is for a monitoring bore; or

              (ii)     the applicant holds a water access entitlement or surviving allocation for ground water to be taken from the bore; and

        (b)     it is appropriate to issue the licence having regard to—

              (i)     the proximity of any existing bores; and

              (ii)     anything else the authority considers relevant.

    (3)     In this section:

"monitoring bore "means a bore that—

        (a)     enters an aquifer; and

        (b)     is used to monitor the depth and fluctuations of depth in the aquifer.