Queensland Consolidated Acts

WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 239

(1) In deciding whether to grant or refuse the application or the conditions for the water permit, the chief executive must consider the following—

(a) the application and additional information given in relation to the application;

(b) any water resource plan or resource operations plan that may apply to the permit;

(c) existing water entitlements and authorisations to take or interfere with water;

(d) any information about the impacts on natural ecosystems;

(e) any information about the impacts on the physical integrity of watercourses, lakes, springs or aquifers;

(f) policies developed in consultation with local communities for the sustainable management of local water;

(g) the public interest.

(2) The chief executive may also consider whether the applicant has been convicted of an offence against this Act, the repealed Act or an interstate law.