Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if a petroleum tenure holder proposes to apply for a water licence.
(2) The chief executive must, if the holder asks, give the holder a notice stating who are the members of the priority group for the holder.
(3) The holder must give each member of the priority group a notice in the approved form inviting each member to give the holder, within a stated period, a written expression of interest about access to the water the subject of the proposed licence.
(4) The stated period must be at least 20 business days.
(5) A water licence application by the holder must be accompanied by a copy of—
(a) the petroleum tenure; and
(b) each expression of interest given in response to the notice; and
(c) each environmental authority under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 that relates to the petroleum tenure.