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WATER ACT 2007 - SECT 242 Interim water resource plans

WATER ACT 2007 - SECT 242

Interim water resource plans

  (1)   For the purposes of this Act, an interim water resource plan for a water resource plan area is a plan that:

  (a)   is a plan for the management of the water resources of the water resource plan area; and

  (b)   is made under a State water management law of a Basin State on or after 25   January 2007 and before the Basin Plan first takes effect;

to the extent to which the plan relates to:

  (c)   the water resource plan area; and

  (d)   the matters referred to in subsection   22(1).

  (2)   An interim water resource plan for a water resource plan area ceases to have effect for the purposes of this Act on the cessation time for the plan if it has not ceased to have effect before that time.

  (3)   The cessation time for the plan is:

  (a)   the end of 31   December 2014; or

  (b)   the time occurring 5 years after the plan is made;

whichever is later.

  (4)   Before making an interim water resource plan for a water resource plan area, the Basin State in which the water resource plan area is located must consult the Authority in relation to the interim water resource plan.

  (5)   Subsection   (4) does not apply if the Authority has not been established, and the members of the Authority appointed, before the interim water resource plan is made.

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