Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (3), each of the following entities may apply for a water licence (a transmission water licence) for taking water from a receiving water source—
(a) the water grid manager;
(b) a relevant entity for a recycled water scheme;
(c) an entity nominated by a relevant entity for a recycled water scheme.
(2) An application made under subsection (1) is a licence application.
(3) If recycled water in a receiving water source is supplied from water supply works that supply a declared water service, the water grid manager is the only entity that may make a licence application in relation to the receiving water source.
(4) This subdivision, other than sections 206(6), 207, 210 and 211 and this section, do not apply to a licence application.
(5) For applying sections 206(6), 207, 210 and 211, a reference to an application is taken to be a reference to a licence application.
(6) The chief executive may decide the licence application without notice of the licence application being published.
(7) If the chief executive grants a licence application—
(a) the transmission water licence does not attach to the licensee's land; and
(b) section 213(e) does not apply to the transmission water licence.
(8) In this section—
receiving water source means a lake, or watercourse, into which recycled water is supplied under an approved recycled water management plan to augment a supply of drinking water.