Section 32Part 4 — Revision, Variation, Termination and Diminution of Licences
Termination or diminution for public purposes
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Where the Cabinet deems it necessary or expedient in the interest of the use of ground water in such manner as to promote the public benefit or the utilisation of such ground water in such manner as to promote the economic well-being of the community, the Cabinet may authorise the Authority to give notice in writing addressed to the holder of any licence terminating or diminishing the licence granted thereunder to the extent that the water is required for such public benefit or economic well-being, and thereupon the licence shall lapse or shall be exercisable only as so diminished, as the case may be.
The holder of any licence terminated or diminished under subsection (1) shall be eligible to receive as an ex gratia payment from the Authority such sum, not exceeding three thousand dollars, as the Authority may, in its absolute discretion, determine.
The holder of any licence terminated or diminished under subsection (1) shall have recourse from the determination of the Authority under this section, in the manner provided for in Part X.