Victorian Water Register

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Forms and fees - old

Water shares

Water share applications (including applications to transfer, divide and transfer, vary, divide, and to consolidate water shares) must be made using an approved form. For the water corporation to accept the application forms that can be downloaded below, they must be clearly printed on white A4 paper, in portrait format, and in black ink.

Each application form must have its own unique application number. Therefore, you cannot download the form and photocopy it for multiple applications. Instructions for completing and submitting the forms are included as explanatory notes on the form.

Application Fees

Application Current Fee ($) tip
Form 1 Application to Transfer a Water Share228.10
Form 5 Application to Divide a Water Share192.10
Form 6 Application to Consolidate Water Shares192.10
Form 7 Application for the Issue of a Water Share228.10
Form 8 Application to Cancel a Water Share228.10
Form 9 Application to Vary a Water Share101.50
Form 10 Application for a Limited Term transfer228.10
Form 39 Application to Trade Water Allocation101.50
Form 39 Application to Trade Water Allocation (submitted via My Water)53.80



You can pay for any applications relating to a water share, water-use licence/registration or works licence with your credit/debit card by completing the Credit card payment form and submitting it with your application(s).

If the water corporation approves your application to transfer your water share you will then need to apply to the Water Registrar to record the transfer.

Water share and water-use licence/registration applications

  • Form 1 Application to Transfer a Water Share a,b
  • Form 3 Application to Divide and Transfer a Water Share a,b,c
  • Form 5 Application to divide a Water Share
  • Form 6 Application to Consolidate Water Shares
  • Form 7 Application for the Issue of a Water Share
  • Form 8 Application to Cancel a Water Share
  • Form 9 Application to Vary and/or Associate or Revoke the Association of a Water Share b
  • Form 10 Application for a Limited Term Transfer a
  • Form 23 Application for a Water-Use Licence or a Water-Use Registration
  • Form 24 Application to Vary a Water-Use Licence and/or Water-Use Registration
  • Form 25 Application to Cancel a Water-Use Licence and/or Water-Use Registration
  • Form 40 Application to Link Multiple Water Shares and/or Multiple Water-Use Licences to a Single Allocation Bank Account b,d
  • Form 41 Application to reliquish allocation to reduce carryover volume
a.Applications relating to the transfer of a water share (Forms 1, 3 and 10) must be accompanied by a Water Share Owner Identity Check.
b.Applications to associate a water share with land (Forms 1, 3, 7, 9 or 40) where the water share owner is not the land owner of the water-use licence covering that land, must be accompanied by this declaration.
c.Form 3 is not intended for use when land is being sub-divided and sold with a water entitlement. If you are transferring or subdividing your land, please contact your water corporation for advice on the application forms you will need to complete any water share transaction.
d.Where there is insufficient space on Form 40, this annexure should be used.
* Forms 6 and 25 must be obtained directly from your water corporation.

Allocation trade

Applications to trade allocation must be in the approved form and lodged with the water corporation.

Relinquishing allocation

Entitlement holders can now apply to relinquish allocation if they do not wish to carry over their unused water at the end of the season.

pdfDownload PDF How to relinquish allocation (PDF - 193 KB)

Allocation trade applications

  • Form 39 Application to trade water allocation
  • Form 39 Directions Direction relating to submission of application to trade water allocation by email
  • Form 39a Authorising an agent to trade water allocation with optional on-line access and to record the authorisation in the Water Register
  • Form 39b Limited authorisation of an agent to trade water allocation (without recording the authorisation in the Water Register)

Take and use licences

Each water corporation has their own application forms relating to requests to issue, transfer and renew take and use licences. These forms are available from the water corporations’ websites.

Take and use license applications

Works licences

Each water corporation has their own application forms relating to works licences. These forms are available from the water corporations’ websites.

Works license applications

  • Form 29 Application for the Issue of a Works Licence (in a declared system)
  • Form 31 Application to Amend, Renew and/or Transfer a Works Licence

Transferring water with land

The fact sheet below provides information about which water entitlements transfer with land when it is sold, and which need to be transferred separately.

pdfDownload PDF Transferring water entitlements fact sheet (PDF - 358 Kb)

Fees for applications to the Water Registrar

Fees for transactions lodged with the Water Registrar from 1 July 2013 are available below.

Your guide to Land Victoria water share transaction fees for 2013 (PDF - 103 Kb)

Your guide to Land Victoria water share transaction fees for 2013 (accessible version) (DOC - 696 Kb)