Division 5 Embargoes on applications for approvals
(1) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, declare an embargo on the making of applications for approvals with respect to any water management area.(1A) Such an order may apply to the whole of a water management area or to any specified part of a water management area, and to approvals generally or to any specified type or kind of approvals.(2) An order under this section may relate to all applications, to applications of a specified kind or to all applications other than applications of a specified kind.(3) As soon as practicable after an order under this section is published in the Gazette, notice of the order must be published in an appropriate newspaper.(4) An order under this section takes effect at the beginning of the date on which it is published in the Gazette and, unless sooner revoked, expires at the end of 2 years after that date.
(1) The Governor may, by proclamation published in the Gazette, declare an embargo on the making of applications for approvals with respect to any water management area.(1A) Such a proclamation may apply to the whole of a water management area or to any specified part of a water management area, and to approvals generally or to any specified type or kind of approvals.(2) A proclamation under this section may relate to all applications, to applications of a specified kind or to all applications other than applications of a specified kind.(3) As soon as practicable after a proclamation under this section is published in the Gazette, notice of the proclamation must be published in an appropriate newspaper.(4) A proclamation under this section takes effect at the beginning of the date on which it is published in the Gazette and continues in force until it is revoked by a further proclamation so published.
(1) An embargo applies to any application for an approval made on or after the date on which the embargo took effect, other than:(a) an application to amend an application made before that date, or(b) an application for the extension of the period for which an approval has effect, or(c) any other application of a kind prescribed by the regulations.(2) An application to which an embargo applies is a nullity and is not revived merely because the embargo is subsequently revoked.