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Queensland
WATER AND OTHER
LEGISLATION AMENDMENT
BILL 2003
Queensland
WATER AND OTHER LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 2003
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF INTEGRATED PLANNING ACT 1997
2 Act amended in pt 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3 Amendment of s 3.2.1 (Applying for development approval). . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4 Amendment of s 3.5.24 (Request to change development approval
(other than a change of a condition)). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5 Amendment of s 3.5.26 (Request to cancel development approval) . . . . . . . 11
6 Amendment of s 3.5.33 (Request to change or cancel conditions) . . . . . . . . 11
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF LAND ACT 1994
7 Act amended in pt 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
8 Amendment of s 361 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
9 Amendment of s 362 (Easements may be created only by registration) . . . . 12
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF LAND TITLE ACT 1994
10 Act amended in pt 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
11 Amendment of s 81A (Definitions for div 4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
12 Amendment of s 82 (Creation of easement by registration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
PART 5--AMENDMENT OF VALUATION OF LAND ACT 1944
13 Act amended in pt 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
14 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
15 Amendment of s 28 (Alteration of valuation in force or to come into force) 13
16 Amendment of s 38 (Period for which annual valuation to have effect). . . . 14
17 Amendment of s 82 (Use of combined form) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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PART 6--AMENDMENT OF WATER ACT 2000
18 Act amended in pt 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
19 Insertion of new ch 2, pt 2, div 1 hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
20 Amendment of s 20 (Authorised taking of water without water entitlement) 15
21 Amendment of s 21 (Limiting taking of water under s 20(3)) . . . . . . . . . . . 15
22 Renumbering of ss 21 and 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
23 Relocation of s 21 (Beds and banks forming boundaries of land are
State property) ............................................ 16
24 Insertion of new ch 2, pt 2, div 2 hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
25 Relocation of s 24 (Limiting taking of water under s 20(3)). . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
26 Replacement of s 2534 (Section numbers not used) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Division 3--Other restrictions on taking or interfering with water
3134 Section numbers not used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
27 Amendment of s 36 (Obtaining water information) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
28 Amendment of s 37 (Notice of works) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
29 Amendment of s 40 (Public notice of proposal to prepare draft water
resource plan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
30 Amendment of s 40A (Further public notice of proposal to prepare draft
water resource plan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
31 Amendment of s 42 (Moratorium notices) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
32 Amendment of s 43 (Reviewing moratorium notices) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
33 Amendment of s 44 (Amending moratorium notices). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
34 Amendment of s 45 (Exceptions to ss 42 and 44). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
35 Amendment of ss 4245 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
36 Amendment of s 46 (Content of draft water resource plans) . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
37 Amendment of s 57 (Minor amendment of water resource plan) . . . . . . . . . 20
38 Amendment of s 67 (Public notice of intention not to proceed with
making of draft water use plan). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
39 Amendment of s 70 (Minor amendment of water use plan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
40 Amendment of s 73 (Requirement for land and water management plans) . 21
41 Amendment of s 78A (Minor amendment of land and water
management plan) ...................................... 21
42 Amendment of s 100 (Public notice about availability of draft resource
operations plan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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43 Amendment of s 104 (Public notice of intention not to proceed with
making of draft resource operations plan). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
44 Amendment of s 106 (Minor amendment of resource operations plan) . . . . 22
45 Insertion of new s 107A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
107A Authority to interfere with water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
46 Amendment of s 110 (Conditions of resource operations licence) . . . . . . . . 22
47 Amendment of s 113 (Minor amendment of resource operations licence) . . 23
48 Replacement of ch 2, pt 4, div 3, sdiv 4 hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
49 Insertion of new s 118A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
118A Amalgamating resource operations licences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
50 Renumbering of ch 2, pt 4, div 4, sdiv 1 (Converting water entitlements
and granting water allocations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
51 Insertion of new ch 2, pt 4, div 4, sdiv 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Subdivision 1--Preliminary
120B Meaning of "volumetric limit" for div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
52 Amendment of s 121 (Converting water entitlements) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
53 Amendment of s 125 (Amending water allocations). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
54 Amendment of s 127 (Registration details for water allocations). . . . . . . . . 25
55 Insertion of new s 127A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
127A Conditions of a water allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
56 Amendment of s 128 (Meaning of "change to a water allocation") . . . . . . . 26
57 Amendment of s 128A (Amalgamation or subdivision of water allocations) 27
58 Amendment of s 129 (Changing water allocations under water allocation
change rules) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
59 Amendment of s 134 (Deciding application to change water allocation) . . . 28
60 Amendment of s 135 (Registering approved application to change water
allocation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
61 Insertion of new ch 2, pt 4, div 5, sdiv 1 hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
62 Amendment of s 141 (Application of div 5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
63 Amendment of s 146 (Application of s 243). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
64 Insertion of new ch 2, pt 4, div 5, sdiv 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Subdivision 2--Allocations managed under a resource operations licence
146A Application of sdiv 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
146B Arrangements for seasonal water assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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65 Amendment of s 148 (Water allocations register) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
66 Amendment of s 150 (Interests and dealings that may be registered). . . . . . 30
67 Amendment of s 151 (Application of Land Title Act 1994 to water
allocations register) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
68 Amendment of s 152 (Application of other Acts to the water allocations
register) ................................................ 31
69 Replacement of s 154166 (Section numbers not used) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
154 Displacement provision for Corporations legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
155166 Section numbers not used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
70 Renumbering of ch 2, pt 5, div 2, sdiv 1 (Granting interim resource
operations licences for existing operations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
71 Insertion of new ch 2, pt 5, div 2, sdiv 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Subdivision 1--Preliminary
167A Authority to interfere with water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
72 Replacement of s 200202 (Section numbers not used) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Subdivision 5--Seasonal water assignments of interim water allocations
200 Arrangements for seasonal water assignments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
201202 Section numbers not used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
73 Amendment of s 203 (Definition for pt 6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
74 Amendment of s 206 (Applying for a water licence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
75 Amendment of s 211 (Deciding application for water licence) . . . . . . . . . . 33
76 Insertion of new s 211A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
211A Effect of disposal of part of land to which application for water
licence relates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
77 Amendment of s 213 (Contents of water licence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
78 Amendment of s 219 (Minor amendment of water licence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
79 Amendment of s 220 (Renewing water licence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
80 Amendment of s 224 (Amalgamating water licences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
81 Amendment of s 225 (Subdividing water licence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
82 Replacement of s 229B (Effect of acquisition of part of land to which
water licence to take water attaches) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Subdivision 6--Effects of acquisition of land on water licences
229B Application of sdiv 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
229C Effect of acquisition of part of land adjoining a watercourse, lake
or spring .......................................... 36
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229D Effect of acquisition of part of land above an aquifer . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
229E Effect of acquisition of part of other land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
83 Replacement of s 236 (Application of ss 243, 244 and 246 to water permit) 37
236 Application of ss 25, 243 and 244 to water permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
84 Amendment of s 240 (Deciding application for water permit) . . . . . . . . . . . 38
85 Amendment of s 246 (Limiting water taken under water licence or permit) 38
86 Amendment of s 269 (Deciding application for permit to destroy
vegetation, excavate or place fill in a watercourse, lake or spring) . . . . . . . . 38
87 Amendment of s 282 (Criteria for deciding application for allocation
of quarry material). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
88 Amendment of s 283 (Deciding application for allocation of quarry
material) .............................................. 39
89 Amendment of s 301 (Deciding application for water bore driller's licence) 39
90 Omission of s 303 (Refusing application for water bore driller's licence) . . 40
91 Amendment of s 307 (Minor amendment of water bore driller's licence) . . 40
92 Amendment of s 308 (Renewing water bore driller's licence) . . . . . . . . . . . 40
93 Insertion of new s 308A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
308A Reinstating expired water bore driller's licence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
94 Amendment of s 331 (Deciding application for operations licence). . . . . . . 41
95 Amendment of s 376 (Notice of intention to stop operating as a service
provider) .............................................. 42
96 Insertion of new s 376A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
376A Cancellation of registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
97 Replacement of s 422 (Purpose of div 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
422 Purpose of div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
98 Amendment of s 423 (Application of div 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
99 Amendment of s 426 (Complying with customer service standard) . . . . . . . 43
100 Amendment of s 427 (Customer complaints) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
101 Amendment of s 428 (Revising customer service standard) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
102 Amendment of s 429 (Reviewing customer service standard) . . . . . . . . . . . 43
103 Amendment of s 432 (No charge for water for fire fighting purposes) . . . . . 44
104 Amendment of s 433 (Water from fire fighting system to be used only
for fire fighting purposes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
105 Amendment of s 434 (Small service providers may apply for
exemptions from divs 13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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106 Amendment of s 435 (Deciding application for exemption). . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
107 Amendment of s 436 (Notice of decision on application for exemption) . . . 45
108 Amendment of s 491 (Safety conditions for existing referable dams) . . . . . 45
109 Amendment of s 492 (Changing conditions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
110 Amendment of s 583 (Identification and disclosure of crosssubsidies) . . . 45
111 Amendment of s 598 (Composition of board for water authorities) . . . . . . . 45
112 Insertion of new ss 603A and 603B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
603A Investigations about eligibility for appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
603B Criminal history is confidential document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
113 Amendment of s 604 (Term of office for directors of water authorities
other than Gladstone Area Water Board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
114 Amendment of s 605 (Term of office for directors of Gladstone Area
Water Board) ......................................... 47
115 Amendment of s 690 (Amalgamating water authorities and authority areas) 47
116 Replacement of s 697 (Recovering water authority's dissolution costs). . . . 47
697 Recovering amalgamation or dissolution costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
117 Amendment of s 747 (Power to enter land to collect information). . . . . . . . 48
118 Amendment of s 750 (Entry with consent) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
119 Amendment of s 752 (Issue of warrant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
120 Amendment of s 758 (Power to require name and address) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
121 Amendment of s 811 (Tampering with devices) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
122 Insertion of new ss 812A and 812B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
812A Liability for unauthorised taking of water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
812B Notice accompanying complaint or summons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
123 Amendment of s 814 (Destroying vegetation, excavating or placing fill
without permit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
124 Amendment of s 864 (Review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
125 Amendment of s 865 (Stay of operation of original decision) . . . . . . . . . . . 52
126 Amendment of s 877 (Who may appeal). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
127 Amendment of s 931 (Proceedings for offences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
128 Amendment of s 955 (Governor in Council may appoint administrator
to operate infrastructure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
129 Amendment of s 967 (IPA approval for development is subject to
approval under this Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
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130 Insertion of new section 968A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
968A Chief executive may give directions about removal of quarry
material ...................................... 54
131 Replacement of s 973983 (Section numbers not used) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
973 Appointment and qualifications of metering contractors. . . . . . . . . . 55
974 Metering contractor's identity card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
975 Failure to return identity card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
976 Producing or displaying identity card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
977 Power to enter places for stated purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
978 Obstructing metering contractors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
979 Giving notice of damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
980 Compensation for damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
981983 Section numbers not used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
132 Replacement of s 9991003 (Section numbers not used) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
10001003 Section numbers not used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
133 Amendment of s 1004 (Referral panels established by the chief executive). 58
134 Amendment of s 1004A (Referral panels established by the Minister) . . . . 58
135 Insertion of new s 1013B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
1013B Non-payment of fees or charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
136 Replacement of s 1037 (Local government authorities) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
1037 Local government authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
137 Amendment of s 1041 (Completed water allocation and management plans) 60
138 Insertion of new s 1045A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
1045A Burnett Basin final draft resource operations plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
139 Amendment of s 1046 (Declared subartesian areas) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
140 Amendment of s 1048A (Existing licences, permits and approvals) . . . . . . 63
141 Amendment of s 1055 (Certain dealings with water licences for
2 years after the commencement of ch 2 pt 6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
142 Insertion of new s 1083A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
1083A Former water areas without water boards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
143 Amendment of s 1089 (Existing authorities to take, or interfere with, water) 64
144 Amendment of s 1120 (Minister's and Treasurer's power to give joint
directions to corporatised entity). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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145 Insertion of new ch 9, pt 4, div 2, sdiv 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Subdivision 4--Amending interim resource operations licences
1122 Amending interim resource operations licence for Barker
Barambah water supply scheme. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
146 Replacement of s 11331136 (Section numbers not used) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
1133 References to water in a watercourse or lake. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
1134 Burnett Basin draft resource operations plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
1135 Existing authorities for s 1113 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
1136 Transitional provision for the Water and Other Legislation
Amendment Act 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
147 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
2003
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Water Act 2000, and for other purposes
s1 10 s4
Water and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
1 Short title
Clause 3
This Act may be cited as the Water and Other Legislation Amendment 4
Act 2003. 5
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF INTEGRATED PLANNING 6
ACT 1997 7
2 Act amended in pt 2
Clause 8
This part amends the Integrated Planning Act 1997. 9
3 Amendment of s 3.2.1 (Applying for development approval)
Clause 10
Section 3.2.1-- 11
insert-- 12
`(11) Subsection (3)(a)(ii) does not apply to an application if-- 13
(a) the application is for building work or operational work on land 14
designated for community infrastructure; and 15
(b) the building work or operational work is for the supply of the 16
community infrastructure.'. 17
4 Amendment of s 3.5.24 (Request to change development approval
Clause 18
(other than a change of a condition)) 19
Section 3.5.24-- 20
insert-- 21
s5 11 s7
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`(3A) If the development approval is for building work or operational 1
work for the supply of community infrastructure on land designated for the 2
community infrastructure-- 3
(a) subsection (1) applies only to a person who intends to supply, or 4
is supplying, the infrastructure; and 5
(b) subsection (3) does not apply.'. 6
5 Amendment of s 3.5.26 (Request to cancel development approval)
Clause 7
Section 3.5.26-- 8
insert-- 9
`(3A) Subsection (1) applies to an owner of land designated for 10
community infrastructure only if the owner is the entity who intends, or 11
intended, to supply the infrastructure.'. 12
6 Amendment of s 3.5.33 (Request to change or cancel conditions)
Clause 13
Section 3.5.33-- 14
insert-- 15
`(3A) If the development approval is for building work or operational 16
work for the supply of community infrastructure on land designated for the 17
community infrastructure-- 18
(a) subsection (1) applies only to a person who intends to supply, or 19
is supplying, the infrastructure; and 20
(b) subsection (3) does not apply.'. 21
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF LAND ACT 1994 22
7 Act amended in pt 3
Clause 23
This part amends the Land Act 1994. 24
s8 12 s 11
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8 Amendment of s 361 (Definitions)
Clause 1
Section 361-- 2
insert-- 3
` "full supply level" see the Water Act 2000, schedule 4.'. 4
9 Amendment of s 362 (Easements may be created only by
Clause 5
registration) 6
Section 362(5)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(5) A public utility easement for water storage may be created only for 9
water storage-- 10
(a) for a weir--on land upstream of the weir and within or outside 11
the storage area at full supply level; or 12
(b) for a dam--on land upstream of the barrier of the dam and 13
outside the storage area at full supply level. 14
`(6) The document creating the easement must show the part of the land 15
over which water may be stored.'. 16
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF LAND TITLE ACT 1994 17
10 Act amended in pt 4
Clause 18
This part amends the Land Title Act 1994. 19
11 Amendment of s 81A (Definitions for div 4)
Clause 20
Section 81A-- 21
insert-- 22
` "full supply level" see the Water Act 2000, schedule 4.'. 23
s 12 13 s 15
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12 Amendment of s 82 (Creation of easement by registration)
Clause 1
Section 82(3)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(3) A public utility easement for water storage may be created only for 4
water storage-- 5
(a) for a weir--on land upstream of the weir and within or outside 6
the storage area at full supply level; or 7
(b) for a dam--on land upstream of the barrier of the dam and 8
outside the storage area at full supply level. 9
`(4) The instrument creating the easement must show the part of the land 10
over which water may be stored.'. 11
PART 5--AMENDMENT OF VALUATION OF LAND 12
ACT 1944 13
13 Act amended in pt 5
Clause 14
This part amends the Valuation of Land Act 1944. 15
14 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions)
Clause 16
Section 2-- 17
insert-- 18
` "resource operations plan" see the Water Act 2000, schedule 4. 19
"water licence" see the Water Act 2000, schedule 4.'. 20
15 Amendment of s 28 (Alteration of valuation in force or to come
Clause 21
into force) 22
Section 28-- 23
insert-- 24
`(4A) If the unimproved value of a parcel of land is altered by the loss, 25
under a resource operations plan, of a water licence the value of which 26
s 16 14 s 18
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formed part of the unimproved value of the land, an alteration may not be 1
made under subsection (1)(e) until the 30 June that is at least 1 year after 2
the resource operations plan has effect.'. 3
16 Amendment of s 38 (Period for which annual valuation to have
Clause 4
effect) 5
Section 38-- 6
insert-- 7
`(2) However, subsection (3) applies if-- 8
(a) the unimproved value of land is altered by the loss, under a 9
resource operations plan, of a water licence the value of which 10
formed part of the unimproved value of the land; and 11
(b) the loss happened during the period of 1 year before the date an 12
annual valuation for the land would have had effect under 13
subsection (1). 14
`(3) The annual valuation does not have effect, to the extent the 15
unimproved value of the land is altered by the loss, until 1 year after it 16
would have had effect under subsection (1).'. 17
17 Amendment of s 82 (Use of combined form)
Clause 18
Section 82(2), definition "combined form"-- 19
insert-- 20
`(f) the Water Act 2000.'. 21
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF WATER ACT 2000 22
18 Act amended in pt 6
Clause 23
This part amends the Water Act 2000. 24
s 19 15 s 21
Water and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
19 Insertion of new ch 2, pt 2, div 1 hdg
Clause 1
Chapter 2, part 2, before section 19-- 2
insert-- 3
`Division 1--Preliminary'. 4
20 Amendment of s 20 (Authorised taking of water without water
Clause 5
entitlement) 6
(1) Section 20(3)(a) and (b)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(a) for stock purposes; or 9
(b) for domestic purposes.'. 10
(2) Section 20(4)(a) and (b)-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`(a) for stock purposes; or 13
(b) for domestic purposes.'. 14
(3) Section 20(6), from `unless'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`unless-- 17
(a) there is a moratorium notice or a water resource plan that limits 18
or alters the water that may be taken or interfered with; or 19
(b) for subartesian water only--a regulation under section 1046 20
regulates the taking or interfering with the water.'. 21
21 Amendment of s 21 (Limiting taking of water under s 20(3))
Clause 22
Section 21(1), `section 20(3)(a) for watering a garden'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`section 20(3)(b) for watering a garden or under section 20(3)(a)'. 25
s 22 16 s 27
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22 Renumbering of ss 21 and 24
Clause 1
Sections 21 and 24-- 2
renumber as sections 24 and 21. 3
23 Relocation of s 21 (Beds and banks forming boundaries of land
Clause 4
are State property) 5
Section 21, as renumbered-- 6
relocate to chapter 2, part 2, division 1 as inserted by this Act. 7
24 Insertion of new ch 2, pt 2, div 2 hdg
Clause 8
Before section 22-- 9
insert-- 10
`Division 2--Restrictions for emergencies and water shortages'. 11
25 Relocation of s 24 (Limiting taking of water under s 20(3))
Clause 12
Section 24, as renumbered-- 13
relocate to chapter 2, part 2, division 2 as inserted by this Act. 14
26 Replacement of s 2534 (Section numbers not used)
Clause 15
Section 2534-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`Division 3--Other restrictions on taking or interfering with water 18
`3134 Section numbers not used 19
`See footnote to section 1.'. 20
27 Amendment of s 36 (Obtaining water information)
Clause 21
Section 36(1)-- 22
insert-- 23
`(c) about the use of water managed under the person's authority; or 24
s 28 17 s 31
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(d) about any use of water that was managed through water 1
infrastructure to which a person's authority now applies.'. 2
28 Amendment of s 37 (Notice of works)
Clause 3
Section 37(2), after `of the works'-- 4
insert-- 5
`and the water use or, for works to be constructed, proposed water use, in 6
relation to the works'. 7
29 Amendment of s 40 (Public notice of proposal to prepare draft
Clause 8
water resource plan) 9
Section 40(1), `plan area.'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`plan area.1'. 12
30 Amendment of s 40A (Further public notice of proposal to
Clause 13
prepare draft water resource plan) 14
(1) Section 40A(2), `sections 41 and 42'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`section 41'. 17
(2) Section 40A(3)-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`(3) However, a community reference panel already established for the 20
proposed plan is the community reference panel for the notice published 21
under subsection (1).'. 22
31 Amendment of s 42 (Moratorium notices)
Clause 23
(1) Section 42(1)-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
1 See sections 26 to 30.
s 31 18 s 31
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`(1) The Minister may publish a notice under this section, for a part of 1
the State, (a "moratorium notice") if the Minister is satisfied action 2
should be taken in the part-- 3
(a) to protect natural ecosystems; or 4
(b) to protect existing water entitlements and other authorities under 5
this Act to take or interfere with water.'. 6
(2) Section 42(2), from `water, the subject of the proposed plan'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`water to which the application relates-- 9
(a) increase the amount of water that may be taken; 10
(b) change the location from which water may be taken; 11
(c) increase the rate at which water may be taken; 12
(d) change the flow conditions under which water may be taken; 13
(e) increase or change the interference with the water; 14
(f) change the purpose for which the water may be taken or 15
interfered with.'. 16
(3) Section 42(4), `water, the subject of the proposed plan'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`water in the part of the State to which the notice applies'. 19
(4) Section 42(4)(b), `enlarged or deepened'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`enlarged, deepened or changed'. 22
(5) Section 42(5)-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`(5) Subsection (4) applies only to the extent the works would-- 25
(a) increase the amount of water being taken or that could be taken; 26
or 27
(b) change the location from which water is being taken or could be 28
taken; or 29
(c) increase the rate at which water is being taken or could be taken; 30
or 31
s 32 19 s 33
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(d) increase or change the interference with the water.'. 1
(6) Section 42(7)(b)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(b) until-- 4
(i) the Minister publishes a further notice ending the effect of 5
the moratorium notice; or 6
(ii) a water resource plan is approved for the water to which the 7
moratorium notice applies.'. 8
(7) Section 42(8), `section 42A'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`section 27'. 11
(8) Section 42(8)(e), after `works'-- 12
insert-- 13
`or for other development associated with the works'. 14
32 Amendment of s 43 (Reviewing moratorium notices)
Clause 15
Section 43(1), after `published'-- 16
insert-- 17
`and during each year the notice has effect'. 18
33 Amendment of s 44 (Amending moratorium notices)
Clause 19
(1) Section 44(3)-- 20
omit. 21
(2) Section 44(4), `for the proposed plan area' to `is approved'-- 22
omit. 23
(3) Section 44(5)-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`(5) The moratorium notice, as amended by this section, applies to an 26
application mentioned in section 26(2), even if the application was made 27
before the amending notice was published.'. 28
s 34 20 s 38
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34 Amendment of s 45 (Exceptions to ss 42 and 44)
Clause 1
(1) Section 45, heading, `42 and 44'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`26 and 29'. 4
(2) Section 45, `42 and 44'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`26 and 29'. 7
35 Amendment of ss 4245
Clause 8
Sections 42 to 45-- 9
renumber as sections 26 to 30 and relocate to chapter 2, part 2, division 3 10
as inserted by this Act. 11
36 Amendment of s 46 (Content of draft water resource plans)
Clause 12
Section 46(3)-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`(3) The draft plan may provide for the amendment or the continuation, 15
completely or partly, of the effect of a moratorium notice for water in the 16
proposed plan area and to which the draft plan applies until a resource 17
operations plan is approved for the plan.'. 18
37 Amendment of s 57 (Minor amendment of water resource plan)
Clause 19
Section 57, heading, `Minor amendment'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`Minor or stated amendments'. 22
38 Amendment of s 67 (Public notice of intention not to proceed with
Clause 23
making of draft water use plan) 24
Section 67(1), `final'-- 25
omit. 26
s 39 21 s 41
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39 Amendment of s 70 (Minor amendment of water use plan)
Clause 1
Section 70, heading, `Minor amendment'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Minor or stated amendments'. 4
40 Amendment of s 73 (Requirement for land and water
Clause 5
management plans) 6
(1) Section 73(1)-- 7
insert-- 8
`(aa) a person proposing to use, for irrigation, water taken under a 9
water licence issued under section 212 if a resource operations 10
plan states that use of the water requires an approved land and 11
water management plan;'. 12
(2) Section 73(1)(aa) and (b)-- 13
renumber as section 73(1)(b) and (c). 14
(3) Section 73-- 15
insert-- 16
`(1A) Subsection (1)(a) includes a person who-- 17
(a) has used, on land, water the person received under a seasonal 18
water assignment; and 19
(b) within the time prescribed under a regulation, proposes to again 20
use, on the same land, water the person has received under a 21
seasonal water assignment.'. 22
(4) Section 73(5), `water allocation or interim water allocation'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`water allocation, interim water allocation or water licence'. 25
41 Amendment of s 78A (Minor amendment of land and water
Clause 26
management plan) 27
Section 78A, heading, `Minor amendment'-- 28
omit, insert-- 29
`Minor or stated amendments'. 30
s 42 22 s 46
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42 Amendment of s 100 (Public notice about availability of draft
Clause 1
resource operations plan) 2
Section 100(2)(c)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(c) a day by which submissions must be made and the person to 5
whom, and the place where, the submissions must be made; 6
(d) that a notice under section 101 may be given at any time before 7
the resource operations plan commences.'. 8
43 Amendment of s 104 (Public notice of intention not to proceed
Clause 9
with making of draft resource operations plan) 10
Section 104(1), `final'-- 11
omit. 12
44 Amendment of s 106 (Minor amendment of resource operations
Clause 13
plan) 14
Section 106, heading, `Minor amendment'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`Minor or stated amendments'. 17
45 Insertion of new s 107A
Clause 18
After section 107-- 19
insert-- 20
`107A Authority to interfere with water 21
`A resource operations licence authorises the holder of the licence to 22
interfere with the flow of water to the extent necessary to operate the water 23
infrastructure to which the licence applies.'. 24
46 Amendment of s 110 (Conditions of resource operations licence)
Clause 25
Section 110-- 26
insert-- 27
s 47 23 s 49
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`(1A) If there is more than 1 resource operations licence holder in a 1
water supply scheme, the operating arrangements of the resource 2
operations plan for the scheme relate to all resource operations licence 3
holders in the scheme.'. 4
47 Amendment of s 113 (Minor amendment of resource operations
Clause 5
licence) 6
Section 113, heading, `Minor amendment'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`Minor or stated amendments'. 9
48 Replacement of ch 2, pt 4, div 3, sdiv 4 hdg
Clause 10
Chapter 2, part 4, division 3, subdivision 4, heading-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`Subdivision 4--Transferring or amalgamating resource operations 13
licences'. 14
49 Insertion of new s 118A
Clause 15
Chapter 2, part 4, division 3, subdivision 4-- 16
insert-- 17
`118A Amalgamating resource operations licences 18
`(1) The holder of a resource operations licence may apply to the chief 19
executive to amalgamate, into a single licence, the resource operations 20
licence with another resource operations licence in the same water supply 21
scheme. 22
`(2) The application must be-- 23
(a) in the approved form; and 24
(b) accompanied by the written consent of the holder of the other 25
resource operations licence; and 26
(c) supported by sufficient information to enable the chief executive 27
to amalgamate the licences; and 28
(d) accompanied by the fee prescribed under a regulation. 29
s 50 24 s 52
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`(3) The chief executive must grant the application. 1
`(4) Within 30 business days after granting the application, the chief 2
executive must-- 3
(a) give the applicant and the holder of the other resource operations 4
licence notice of the amalgamation; and 5
(b) cancel the existing licences and give a new licence to the 6
applicant. 7
`(5) The new licence takes effect from the day the notice is given.'. 8
50 Renumbering of ch 2, pt 4, div 4, sdiv 1 (Converting water
Clause 9
entitlements and granting water allocations) 10
Chapter 2, part 4, division 4, subdivision 1-- 11
renumber as subdivision 1A. 12
51 Insertion of new ch 2, pt 4, div 4, sdiv 1
Clause 13
Chapter 2, part 4, division 4, before subdivision 1A, as renumbered-- 14
insert-- 15
`Subdivision 1--Preliminary 16
`120B Meaning of "volumetric limit" for div 4 17
`(1) The "volumetric limit" for a water allocation is stated on the 18
allocation. 19
`(2) Unless subsection (3) applies, the volumetric limit is the maximum 20
volume of water, in megalitres, that may be taken under the allocation 21
during the period of time, or in the circumstances, stated in the resource 22
operations plan under which the allocation is managed. 23
`(3) If the resource operations plan contains a water sharing rule about 24
volumetric limits that applies to the water allocation, the volumetric limit is 25
used to calculate, under the rule, the maximum volume that may be taken 26
during a particular period of time or in particular circumstances.'. 27
52 Amendment of s 121 (Converting water entitlements)
Clause 28
(1) Section 121(1), `has effect'-- 29
s 53 25 s 54
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omit, insert-- 1
`commences'. 2
(2) Section 121(4), `section 101'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`section 101(a)'. 5
(3) Section 121(6) and (7)-- 6
renumber and relocate as section 150(3A) and (3B). 7
53 Amendment of s 125 (Amending water allocations)
Clause 8
Section 125(1)(b), `number'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`name'. 11
54 Amendment of s 127 (Registration details for water allocations)
Clause 12
(1) Section 127(1)(b), `a volume of water'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`a nominal volume'. 15
(2) Section 127(1)-- 16
insert-- 17
`(da)any conditions required by the chief executive to be entered on 18
the register;'. 19
(3) Section 127(1)(da) to (f) 20
renumber as section 127(1)(e) to (g). 21
(4) Section 127(2)(a)-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`(a) the resource operations licence under which the allocation is 24
managed;'. 25
(5) Section 127(3)-- 26
insert-- 27
s 55 26 s 56
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`(c) the volumetric limit; 1
(d) the water allocation group to which the allocation belongs.'. 2
55 Insertion of new s 127A
Clause 3
Chapter 2, part 4, division 4, subdivision 1A, as renumbered-- 4
insert-- 5
`127A Conditions of a water allocation 6
`The conditions of a water allocation include-- 7
(a) the volume of water authorised to be taken under the allocation; 8
and 9
(b) any conditions entered on the register under section 127(1)(e); 10
and 11
(c) other conditions prescribed under a regulation.'. 12
56 Amendment of s 128 (Meaning of "change to a water allocation")
Clause 13
(1) Section 128(1)(a), `the volume of water'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`the nominal volume'. 16
(2) Section 128(1)-- 17
insert-- 18
`(da)any condition mentioned in section 127(1)(e);'. 19
(3) Section 128(1)(da) to (g)-- 20
renumber as section 128(1)(e) to (h). 21
(4) Section 128(1)-- 22
insert-- 23
`(i) the volumetric limit; 24
(j) the water allocation group to which the allocation belongs.'. 25
(5) Section 128(2)-- 26
omit, insert-- 27
`(2) However-- 28
s 57 27 s 58
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(a) for a water allocation not managed under a resource operations 1
licence, the reconfiguration must not-- 2
(i) change the nominal volume for the water allocation; or 3
(ii) allow the taking of more than the water allocation's share of 4
the water available to be taken by holders of water 5
allocations in all water allocation groups in a water resource 6
plan area; and 7
(b) for a water allocation managed under a resource operations 8
licence, the reconfiguration must not-- 9
(i) increase the water allocation's share of the water the 10
resource operations licence holder has available to supply 11
the water allocations managed under the licence; or 12
(ii) increase the water the resource operations licence holder has 13
available to supply the water allocations managed under the 14
licence.'. 15
57 Amendment of s 128A (Amalgamation or subdivision of water
Clause 16
allocations) 17
(1) Section 128A(6)(b)-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`(b) remains valid-- 20
(i) until the date stated in the certificate; or 21
(ii) if the certificate does not state a date--for 40 business 22
days.'. 23
(2) Section 128(7), `applicant'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`water allocation holder'. 26
58 Amendment of s 129 (Changing water allocations under water
Clause 27
allocation change rules) 28
(1) Section 129(5)(b)-- 29
omit, insert-- 30
`(b) remains valid-- 31
s 59 28 s 62
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(i) until the date stated in the certificate; or 1
(ii) if the certificate does not state a date--for 40 business 2
days.'. 3
(2) Section 129(6), `applicant'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`water allocation holder'. 6
59 Amendment of s 134 (Deciding application to change water
Clause 7
allocation) 8
Section 134(5)(b)-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`(b) remains valid-- 11
(i) until the date stated in the certificate; or 12
(ii) if the certificate does not state a date--for 40 business 13
days.'. 14
60 Amendment of s 135 (Registering approved application to change
Clause 15
water allocation) 16
Section 135(1), `applicant'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`water allocation holder'. 19
61 Insertion of new ch 2, pt 4, div 5, sdiv 1 hdg
Clause 20
Chapter 2, part 4, division 5, before section 141-- 21
insert-- 22
`Subdivision 1--Allocations not managed under a resource operations 23
licence'. 24
62 Amendment of s 141 (Application of div 5)
Clause 25
(1) Section 141, heading, `div 5'-- 26
omit, insert-- 27
s 63 29 s 64
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`sdiv 1'. 1
(2) Section 141, `division'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`subdivision'. 4
63 Amendment of s 146 (Application of s 243)
Clause 5
Section 146, `division'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`subdivision'. 8
64 Insertion of new ch 2, pt 4, div 5, sdiv 2
Clause 9
Chapter 2, part 4, division 5, after section 146-- 10
insert-- 11
`Subdivision 2--Allocations managed under a resource operations 12
licence 13
`146A Application of sdiv 2 14
`This subdivision applies to a water allocation if-- 15
(a) a water resource plan or a resource operations plan approved for 16
an area allows seasonal water assignments; and 17
(b) the water to which the allocation applies is water managed under 18
a resource operations licence. 19
`146B Arrangements for seasonal water assignments 20
`(1) The holder of a water allocation may enter into an arrangement for a 21
seasonal water assignment in relation to the water allocation. 22
`(2) The holder may enter the arrangement only with consent of the 23
holder of the resource operations licence under which the allocation is 24
managed. 25
`(3) The holder of the resource operations licence may give consent only 26
if the assignment is allowed under the seasonal water assignment rules 27
s 65 30 s 66
Water and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
stated in the resource operations plan to which the resource operations 1
licence relates.'. 2
65 Amendment of s 148 (Water allocations register)
Clause 3
Section 148(2)-- 4
insert-- 5
`(c) how documents may be lodged; and 6
(d) fees to be paid in relation to-- 7
(i) the lodgment and registration of documents in the registry; 8
and 9
(ii) the provision of other services by the registrar; and 10
(e) how fees are to be paid and may be recovered, including the 11
provision of credit facilities to persons approved by the registrar; 12
and 13
(f) additional information to be supplied with a document; and 14
(g) transitional arrangements if a new document is approved; and 15
(h) how documents may be signed; and 16
(i) anything else about a document.'. 17
66 Amendment of s 150 (Interests and dealings that may be
Clause 18
registered) 19
Section 150(3)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`(3) If the chief executive is given 1 or more notices under 22
section 101(b), the registrar must not record any other dealing for the water 23
allocation until whichever of the following first happens-- 24
(a) 40 business days after details of the water allocation are recorded 25
on the water allocations register under section 121(1)(b); 26
(b) the interests mentioned in the notices are recorded on the 27
register.'. 28
s 67 31 s 69
Water and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
67 Amendment of s 151 (Application of Land Title Act 1994 to water
Clause 1
allocations register) 2
Section 151(1)(e), `sections 60(2)'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`sections 60(2), 64 to the extent it permits the lease of part of a lot,'. 5
68 Amendment of s 152 (Application of other Acts to the water
Clause 6
allocations register) 7
Section 152(2)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(2) The following sections of the Valuation of Land Act 1944 apply as if 10
a reference to land or a parcel of land includes a reference to a water 11
allocation and a reference to the land registry includes a reference to the 12
water allocations registry-- 13
· section 77, definitions `microfiche data' and `section 81 14
information' 15
· section 81 16
· section 82.'. 17
69 Replacement of s 154166 (Section numbers not used)
Clause 18
Section 154166-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`154 Displacement provision for Corporations legislation 21
`This division is declared to be a Corporations legislation displacement 22
provision for the Corporations Act, section 5G,2 in relation to the 23
Corporations Act, chapter 2K.3 24
`155166 Section numbers not used 25
`See footnote to section 1.'. 26
2 Corporations Act, section 5G (Avoiding direct inconsistency arising between the
Corporations legislation and State and Territory laws)
3 Corporations Act, chapter 2K (Charges)
s 70 32 s 72
Water and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
70 Renumbering of ch 2, pt 5, div 2, sdiv 1 (Granting interim
Clause 1
resource operations licences for existing operations) 2
Chapter 2, part 5, division 2, subdivision 1-- 3
renumber as subdivision 1A. 4
71 Insertion of new ch 2, pt 5, div 2, sdiv 1
Clause 5
Chapter 2, part 5, division 2, before subdivision 1A, as renumbered-- 6
insert-- 7
`Subdivision 1--Preliminary 8
`167A Authority to interfere with water 9
`An interim resource operations licence authorises the holder of the 10
licence to interfere with the flow of water to the extent necessary to operate 11
the water infrastructure to which the licence applies.'. 12
72 Replacement of s 200202 (Section numbers not used)
Clause 13
Section 200202-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`Subdivision 5--Seasonal water assignments of interim water allocations 16
`200 Arrangements for seasonal water assignments 17
`(1) The holder of an interim water allocation may enter into an 18
arrangement for a seasonal water assignment in relation to the allocation. 19
`(2) The holder may enter the arrangement only with consent of the 20
holder of the interim resource operations licence under which the 21
allocation is managed. 22
`(3) The holder of the interim resource operations licence may give 23
consent only if the assignment is in accordance with the holder's licence. 24
`201202 Section numbers not used 25
See footnote to section 1.'. 26
s 73 33 s 75
Water and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
73 Amendment of s 203 (Definition for pt 6)
Clause 1
Section 203, definition "owner", paragraph (d), `the holder of'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`an applicant for, or the holder of,'. 4
74 Amendment of s 206 (Applying for a water licence)
Clause 5
(1) Section 206(3)(a)-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`(a) for-- 8
(i) water from a watercourse, lake or spring--the watercourse, 9
lake or spring does not adjoin any of the applicant's land or 10
the proposed point of taking the water is not on the 11
applicant's land; or 12
(ii) water from an aquifer--the aquifer is not under the 13
applicant's land; but'. 14
(2) Section 206(4)(a) to (e)-- 15
renumber as paragraphs (b) to (f). 16
(3) Section 206(4)-- 17
insert-- 18
`(a) the State;'. 19
75 Amendment of s 211 (Deciding application for water licence)
Clause 20
(1) Section 211(1), from `approved,' to `approve'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`granted, or granted in part, the chief executive must grant all or part of'. 23
(2) Section 211(2), `approved'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`granted'. 26
(3) Section 211(4), `approves'-- 27
omit, insert-- 28
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`grants all or part of'. 1
(4) Section 211(4), `approving'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`granting'. 4
76 Insertion of new s 211A
Clause 5
After section 211-- 6
insert-- 7
`211A Effect of disposal of part of land to which application for water 8
licence relates 9
`(1) Subsection (2) applies if-- 10
(a) an application for a water licence is made to the chief executive; 11
and 12
(b) the applicant disposes of part of the land to which the application 13
relates; and 14
(c) at the time the applicant disposes of the part, the chief executive 15
has not decided the application under section 211. 16
`(2) The application expires on the day the applicant disposes of the 17
part.'. 18
77 Amendment of s 213 (Contents of water licence)
Clause 19
Section 213(e)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`(e) attaches to the licensee's land unless the licensee is-- 22
(i) the State; or 23
(ii) a local government; or 24
(iii) a water authority; or 25
(iv) a resource operations licence holder; or 26
(v) an interim resource operations licence holder; or 27
(vi) an entity prescribed under a regulation.'. 28
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78 Amendment of s 219 (Minor amendment of water licence)
Clause 1
Section 219, heading, `Minor amendment'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Minor or stated amendments'. 4
79 Amendment of s 220 (Renewing water licence)
Clause 5
(1) Section 220(3)(a)-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`(a) if the application is approved with or without variation--the 8
applicant is given a new licence; or'. 9
(2) Section 220(3)-- 10
insert-- 11
`(c) if the application is refused and the applicant has not appealed 12
against the decision--30 business days after the applicant is 13
given an information notice.'. 14
(3) Section 220(7)(a), before `give'-- 15
insert-- 16
`if the application is refused or approved with variation,'. 17
80 Amendment of s 224 (Amalgamating water licences)
Clause 18
(1) Section 224(1)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`(1) The following licensees may apply to amalgamate 2 or more water 21
licences into a single licence-- 22
(a) the licensee or licensees of 2 or more water licences relating to 23
the same land or contiguous land; 24
(b) a licensee mentioned in section 213(e).'. 25
(2) Section 224-- 26
insert-- 27
`(4) If the applicant is given a new licence, the original licences expire 28
on the day the new licence is given.'. 29
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81 Amendment of s 225 (Subdividing water licence)
Clause 1
Section 225-- 2
insert-- 3
`(5) The original licence expires on the day the new licences are given.'. 4
82 Replacement of s 229B (Effect of acquisition of part of land to
Clause 5
which water licence to take water attaches) 6
Section 229B-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`Subdivision 6--Effects of acquisition of land on water licences 9
`229B Application of sdiv 6 10
`(1) This subdivision applies to a water licence if part of the land to 11
which the licence attaches is taken under the Acquisition of Land Act 1967. 12
`(2) If the acquisition includes an acquisition of the licence, section 222 13
applies for transferring the licence to the entity that acquired the land. 14
`(3) If the acquisition does not include an acquisition of the licence, 15
sections 229C to 229E apply. 16
`229C Effect of acquisition of part of land adjoining a watercourse, 17
lake or spring 18
`(1) This section applies to a water licence to take water from a 19
watercourse, lake or spring adjoining the land to which the licence attaches, 20
if part of the land is taken under the Acquisition of Land Act 1967. 21
`(2) If water taken under the licence can still be taken from the 22
watercourse, lake or spring adjoining the remaining part of the land, the 23
licence-- 24
(a) does not expire under section 229; and 25
(b) may be amended under section 219 so it attaches to the 26
remaining part of the land. 27
`(3) If the remaining part of the land no longer adjoins the watercourse, 28
lake or spring, section 229 applies as if the acquisition were a disposal. 29
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`229D Effect of acquisition of part of land above an aquifer 1
`(1) This section applies to a water licence to take water from an aquifer 2
under the land to which the licence attaches, if part of the land is taken 3
under the Acquisition of Land Act 1967. 4
`(2) If the remaining part of the land is above the aquifer from which 5
water may be taken under the licence, and the conditions of the licence 6
allow water to be taken from the remaining part, the licence-- 7
(a) does not expire under section 229; and 8
(b) may be amended under section 219 so it attaches to the 9
remaining part of the land. 10
`(3) If the remaining part of the land is not above the aquifer, or the 11
conditions of the licence do not allow water to be taken from the remaining 12
part, section 229 applies as if the acquisition were a disposal. 13
`229E Effect of acquisition of part of other land 14
`(1) This section applies to a water licence granted in response to an 15
application mentioned in section 206(3), if part of the land to which the 16
licence attaches is taken under the Acquisition of Land Act 1967. 17
`(2) If water taken under the licence can still be delivered to the 18
remaining part of the land, the licence-- 19
(a) does not expire under section 229; and 20
(b) may be amended under section 219 so it attaches to the 21
remaining part of the land. 22
`(3) If water taken under the licence can not still be delivered to the 23
remaining part of the land, section 229 applies as if the acquisition were a 24
disposal.'. 25
83 Replacement of s 236 (Application of ss 243, 244 and 246 to water
Clause 26
permit) 27
Section 236-- 28
omit, insert-- 29
`236 Application of ss 25, 243 and 244 to water permit 30
`Sections 25, 243 and 244 apply to a water permit granted under this 31
division.'. 32
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84 Amendment of s 240 (Deciding application for water permit)
Clause 1
(1) Section 240(1), from `granted' to `approve'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`granted, or granted in part, the chief executive must grant all or part of'. 4
(2) Section 240(4), after `grants'-- 5
insert-- 6
`all or part of'. 7
85 Amendment of s 246 (Limiting water taken under water licence or
Clause 8
permit) 9
(1) Section 246(1), `under a water licence or permit'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`or interfered with under a water licence or taken under a water permit'. 12
(2) Section 246-- 13
renumber as section 25 and relocate to chapter 2, part 2, division 2 as 14
inserted by this Act. 15
86 Amendment of s 269 (Deciding application for permit to destroy
Clause 16
vegetation, excavate or place fill in a watercourse, lake or spring) 17
(1) Section 269(1), `approved,'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`granted, or granted in part,'. 20
(2) Section 269(2), `approved'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`granted'. 23
(3) Section 269(4), after `grants'-- 24
insert-- 25
`all or part of'. 26
(4) Section 269(4), `approving'-- 27
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omit, insert-- 1
`granting'. 2
87 Amendment of s 282 (Criteria for deciding application for
Clause 3
allocation of quarry material) 4
Section 282(1)(d), `for'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`in relation to'. 7
88 Amendment of s 283 (Deciding application for allocation of
Clause 8
quarry material) 9
(1) Section 283(1), `approved,'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`granted, or granted in part,'. 12
(2) Section 283(2), `approved'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`granted'. 15
(3) Section 283(3)(b), after `grants'-- 16
insert-- 17
`all or part of'. 18
89 Amendment of s 301 (Deciding application for water bore driller's
Clause 19
licence) 20
(1) Section 301(1), `approved,'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`granted, or granted in part,'. 23
(2) Section 301(2), `approved'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`granted'. 26
(3) Section 301(3), after `grant'-- 27
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insert-- 1
`all or part of'. 2
(4) Section 301(4), after `notice'-- 3
insert-- 4
`within 30 business days after deciding the application'. 5
90 Omission of s 303 (Refusing application for water bore driller's
Clause 6
licence) 7
Section 303-- 8
omit. 9
91 Amendment of s 307 (Minor amendment of water bore driller's
Clause 10
licence) 11
Section 307, heading, `Minor amendment'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`Minor or stated amendments'. 14
92 Amendment of s 308 (Renewing water bore driller's licence)
Clause 15
Section 308(6)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(6) If the chief executive refuses the application, or approves the 18
application under subsection (4)(b), the chief executive must, within 19
30 business days after deciding the application, give the applicant an 20
information notice.'. 21
93 Insertion of new s 308A
Clause 22
After section 308-- 23
insert-- 24
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`308A Reinstating expired water bore driller's licence 1
`(1) If a licence holder fails to renew a water bore driller's licence, the 2
holder may, within 30 business days after the licence expires, apply to have 3
the licence reinstated. 4
`(2) The application must be-- 5
(a) made to the chief executive in the approved form; and 6
(b) accompanied by the fee prescribed under a regulation. 7
`(3) If an application for the reinstatement of a water bore driller's 8
licence is made, the expired licence is taken to have been in force from the 9
day the application was made until the applicant has been notified of the 10
chief executive's decision on the application. 11
`(4) For deciding the application, section 308(4) to (7) applies-- 12
(a) as if a reference in the section to the renewal of a licence were a 13
reference to the reinstatement of a licence; and 14
(b) with any other necessary changes.'. 15
94 Amendment of s 331 (Deciding application for operations licence)
Clause 16
(1) Section 331(1), from `approved,' to `approve'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`granted, or granted in part, the chief executive must grant all or part of'. 19
(2) Section 331(2), `approved'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`granted'. 22
(3) Section 331(4), after `grants'-- 23
insert-- 24
`all or part of'. 25
(4) Section 331(4), `approving'-- 26
omit, insert-- 27
`granting'. 28
(5) Section 331(4)(b), `of the approval'-- 29
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omit, insert-- 1
`that the application was granted'. 2
95 Amendment of s 376 (Notice of intention to stop operating as a
Clause 3
service provider) 4
Section 376-- 5
insert-- 6
`(7) If the service provider stops supplying the service, the service 7
provider must give the regulator notice within 5 business days after 8
stopping supply. 9
`(8) The notice must-- 10
(a) be in the approved form; and 11
(b) state the day on which the provider stopped supplying the 12
service.'. 13
96 Insertion of new s 376A
Clause 14
After section 376-- 15
insert-- 16
`376A Cancellation of registration 17
`If the regulator receives a notice under section 376(7), the regulator 18
must-- 19
(a) cancel the service provider's registration as a service provider for 20
the infrastructure and services shown in the notice; and 21
(b) give the service provider notice of the cancellation under 22
paragraph (a).'. 23
97 Replacement of s 422 (Purpose of div 2)
Clause 24
Section 422-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
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`422 Purpose of div 2 1
`The purpose of this division is to ensure customers who do not have a 2
contract with the service provider, for the supply of registered services, are 3
protected by standards relating to the supply.'. 4
98 Amendment of s 423 (Application of div 2)
Clause 5
(1) Section 423(1), from `supply contract'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`contract with all of its customers for the supply of registered services.'. 8
(2) Section 423(2), `Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1974'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`Ombudsman Act 2001'. 11
99 Amendment of s 426 (Complying with customer service standard)
Clause 12
Section 426, after `customers'-- 13
insert-- 14
`who do not have a contract mentioned in section 423'. 15
100 Amendment of s 427 (Customer complaints)
Clause 16
Section 427(1)(a), after `customer', first mention-- 17
insert-- 18
`who does not have a contract mentioned in section 423'. 19
101 Amendment of s 428 (Revising customer service standard)
Clause 20
Section 428(b), after `provider'-- 21
insert-- 22
`, who does not have a contract mentioned in section 423,'. 23
102 Amendment of s 429 (Reviewing customer service standard)
Clause 24
Section 429(2), after `customer of the service provider'-- 25
s 103 44 s 106
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insert-- 1
`, who does not have a contract mentioned in section 423,'. 2
103 Amendment of s 432 (No charge for water for fire fighting
Clause 3
purposes) 4
Section 432(1), after `system'-- 5
insert-- 6
`or a service provider's hydrant'. 7
104 Amendment of s 433 (Water from fire fighting system to be used
Clause 8
only for fire fighting purposes) 9
(1) Section 433, heading, `from fire fighting system'-- 10
omit. 11
(2) Section 433(1), after `system'-- 12
insert-- 13
`or a service provider's hydrant'. 14
105 Amendment of s 434 (Small service providers may apply for
Clause 15
exemptions from divs 13) 16
Section 434(1), `3'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`all or part of division 3'. 19
106 Amendment of s 435 (Deciding application for exemption)
Clause 20
Section 435(1)(c)-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`(c) all or part of division 3.'. 23
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107 Amendment of s 436 (Notice of decision on application for
Clause 1
exemption) 2
Section 436(1), `exempts' to `3'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`grants an exemption'. 5
108 Amendment of s 491 (Safety conditions for existing referable
Clause 6
dams) 7
Section 491-- 8
insert-- 9
`(4A) In deciding the safety conditions for the dam, the chief executive 10
must have regard to the guidelines, if any, issued by the chief executive for 11
applying safety conditions to a referable dam.'. 12
109 Amendment of s 492 (Changing conditions)
Clause 13
Section 492-- 14
insert-- 15
`(1B) In changing the conditions, the chief executive must have regard to 16
the guidelines, if any, issued by the chief executive for applying safety 17
conditions to a referable dam.'. 18
110 Amendment of s 583 (Identification and disclosure of
Clause 19
crosssubsidies) 20
Section 583(2)(a) and (2)(b)(i), `its customers'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`its ratepayers or customers'. 23
111 Amendment of s 598 (Composition of board for water authorities)
Clause 24
(1) Section 598(1), after `548'-- 25
insert-- 26
`or 690'. 27
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(2) Section 598-- 1
insert-- 2
`(1A) Subsection (1) does not apply if the regulation under section 548 3
merely remakes subordinate legislation under which the authority has been 4
established.'. 5
112 Insertion of new ss 603A and 603B
Clause 6
After section 603-- 7
insert-- 8
`603A Investigations about eligibility for appointment 9
`(1) The chief executive may make investigations about a person to 10
decide whether the person is eligible to be elected or nominated for 11
appointment as a director. 12
`(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the chief executive may ask the 13
commissioner of the police service for a written report about the criminal 14
history of the person. 15
`(3) The commissioner must give the report to the chief executive. 16
`(4) However, the report is required to contain only criminal history in 17
the commissioner's possession or to which the commissioner has access. 18
`603B Criminal history is confidential document 19
`(1) An officer, employee or agent of the department must not, directly or 20
indirectly, disclose to anyone else a report, or information contained in a 21
report, given under section 603A. 22
Maximum penalty for subsection (1)--100 penalty units. 23
`(2) However, the officer, employee or agent does not contravene 24
subsection (1) if-- 25
(a) disclosure of the report or information to someone else is 26
authorised by the chief executive to the extent necessary to 27
perform a function under or in relation to this Act; or 28
(b) the disclosure is otherwise required or permitted by law. 29
`(3) The chief executive must destroy the report as soon as practicable 30
after considering the person's eligibility.'. 31
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113 Amendment of s 604 (Term of office for directors of water
Clause 1
authorities other than Gladstone Area Water Board) 2
Section 604(2), `3 years starting on the day'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`up to 3 years as'. 5
114 Amendment of s 605 (Term of office for directors of Gladstone
Clause 6
Area Water Board) 7
Section 605(2)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(2) Subject to subsections (2A), (3) and (4), the director's term of office 10
ends on the day fixed by the gazette notice. 11
`(2A) The director continues holding office after the director's term ends 12
until the director's successor is appointed.'. 13
115 Amendment of s 690 (Amalgamating water authorities and
Clause 14
authority areas) 15
(1) Section 690(2)(b) and (c)-- 16
omit. 17
(2) Section 690(2)(d) and (e)-- 18
renumber as section 690(2)(b) and (c). 19
116 Replacement of s 697 (Recovering water authority's dissolution
Clause 20
costs) 21
Section 697-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`697 Recovering amalgamation or dissolution costs 24
`The State may recover from-- 25
(a) 2 or more water authorities the costs incurred by the State in 26
publishing notice of the authorities' proposed amalgamation 27
under section 692; or 28
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Water and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
(b) a water authority the costs incurred by the State in publishing 1
notice of the authority's proposed dissolution under 2
section 692.'. 3
117 Amendment of s 747 (Power to enter land to collect information)
Clause 4
Section 747-- 5
insert-- 6
`(2A) An authorised officer may, at any reasonable time, enter land of an 7
owner of land authorised under section 20 to take or interfere with water, to 8
do 1 or more of the following-- 9
(a) calculate or measure the amount of, and rate at which, water is 10
being taken or interfered with; 11
(b) ascertain the purpose for which the water is being taken or 12
interfered with; 13
(c) ascertain the location from which water is being taken.'. 14
118 Amendment of s 750 (Entry with consent)
Clause 15
Section 750(4)(c) and (6), `division'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`chapter'. 18
119 Amendment of s 752 (Issue of warrant)
Clause 19
Section 752(2)(a)(ii), `division'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`chapter'. 22
120 Amendment of s 758 (Power to require name and address)
Clause 23
Section 758(1)(b), `just'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`recently'. 26
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121 Amendment of s 811 (Tampering with devices)
Clause 1
(1) Section 811(1), from `Act'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Act-- 4
(a) to measure the volume of water taken, by a person, or the rate 5
and time of taking; or 6
(b) to record and transmit information about the taking of water.'. 7
(2) Section 811-- 8
insert-- 9
`(3) In this section-- 10
"tamper", with a device, includes tamper with works associated with the 11
device in a way that may hinder the capacity of the device to measure, 12
read, record or transmit information.'. 13
122 Insertion of new ss 812A and 812B
Clause 14
After section 812-- 15
insert-- 16
`812A Liability for unauthorised taking of water 17
`(1) This section applies if there is evidence that a condition of a water 18
allocation, interim water allocation, water licence or water permit (an 19
"authorisation") has been contravened by the taking of water the holder 20
was not authorised to take. 21
`(2) In any proceeding for the contravention, the holder of the 22
authorisation is taken to have contravened the condition in the absence of 23
evidence to the contrary. 24
`(3) If, in the proceeding, an issue arises about whether the holder had 25
physical control over or responsibility for the works associated with the 26
contravention at the time the contravention happened, it is a defence for the 27
holder to prove-- 28
(a) the holder did not have physical control over or responsibility for 29
the works associated with the contravention at the time the 30
contravention happened; and 31
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(b) the holder has notified the chief executive of the name and 1
address of the person who had physical control over or 2
responsibility for the works at the time the contravention 3
happened (the "water user"); and 4
(c) the holder has given the water user a copy of all documents and 5
information available to the holder relating to the taking of water 6
under the holder's authorisation. 7
`(4) The holder must give the chief executive notice about the matters 8
mentioned in subsection (3) in a statutory declaration. 9
`(5) The defence under subsection (3) is not available unless notice 10
under subsection (3) is given to the chief executive within 20 business days 11
after the first of the following is given to the holder-- 12
(a) a written notice from the chief executive alleging the 13
contravention; 14
(b) an infringement notice under the State Penalties Enforcement 15
Act 1999. 16
`(6) Nothing in this section prevents a person from giving the chief 17
executive notice, in a statutory declaration, that the person was the water 18
user at the time the contravention happened. 19
`(7) A notice purporting to have been given for a body corporate by a 20
director, manager or secretary of the body corporate is taken to have been 21
given by the body corporate. 22
`(8) To the extent of any inconsistency between this section and the 23
Criminal Code, section 23 or 24,4 this section prevails. 24
`812B Notice accompanying complaint or summons 25
`(1) A notice, complaint or summons served on the holder of an 26
authorisation for a contravention mentioned in section 812A(1) must be 27
accompanied by written information about the provisions of section 812A. 28
`(2) A statement in a deposition made for the Justices Act 1886, 29
section 56(3)(b) that the notice was served as required by subsection (1) is 30
evidence of the fact. 31
`(3) The Justices Act 1886, section 56(5) applies to the deposition.'. 32
4 Criminal Code, section 23 (Intention--motive) or 24 (Mistake of fact)
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Water and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
123 Amendment of s 814 (Destroying vegetation, excavating or placing
Clause 1
fill without permit) 2
(1) Section 814(2)(a)(i), from `required, under'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`required under-- 5
(A) a licence, permit or other authority under another 6
section of this Act; or 7
(B) a development permit for assessable development 8
mentioned in the Integrated Planning Act 1997, 9
schedule 8, part 1, item 3A(a) or (d) or 3B; or'. 10
(2) Section 814(2)(a)(iv) to (vii)-- 11
renumber as section 814(2)(a)(v) to (viii). 12
(3) Section 814(2)(a)-- 13
insert-- 14
`(iv) that is required or happens as a necessary and unavoidable 15
part of some other activity that is required because of an 16
emergency endangering either of the following, and for 17
which notice is given to the chief executive as soon as 18
practicable after starting to carry out the activity-- 19
(A) the life or health of a person; 20
(B) the water quality or physical integrity of a watercourse, 21
lake or spring; or'. 22
(4) Section 814-- 23
insert-- 24
`(2A) A person must not contravene a condition of a permit under 25
section 269 unless the person has a reasonable excuse. 26
Maximum penalty--1 665 penalty units.'. 27
124 Amendment of s 864 (Review decision)
Clause 28
(1) Section 864(4), words before paragraph (a)-- 29
omit, insert-- 30
`(4) The review notice must also state--'. 31
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Water and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
(2) Section 864(4)(b)(iii), `section 851(1) or (5)'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`section 851(1) other than the giving of a compliance notice or a decision 3
or action mentioned in section 851(5)'. 4
(3) Section 864(4)(b)(v), after `mentioned in'-- 5
insert-- 6
`section 851(1) for which a compliance notice was given or a decision or 7
action mentioned in'. 8
125 Amendment of s 865 (Stay of operation of original decision)
Clause 9
(1) Section 865(1)(a) to (d)-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`(a) if, under section 864(4)(b)(i), the applicant would be able to 12
apply for arbitration--a court of competent jurisdiction; and 13
(b) if, under section 864(4)(b)(ii) or (v), the applicant would be able 14
to appeal to the Magistrates Court--the Magistrates Court; and 15
(c) if, under section 864(4)(b)(iii), the applicant would be able to 16
appeal to the Land Court--the Land Court; and 17
(d) if, under section 864(4)(b)(iv), the applicant would be able to 18
appeal to the Planning and Environment Court--the Planning 19
and Environment Court.'. 20
(2) Section 865(2), from `review and'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`review and any later arbitration or appeal to the court.'. 23
126 Amendment of s 877 (Who may appeal)
Clause 24
(1) Section 877(1)(b), `section 851(1) or (5)'-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`section 851(1), other than the giving of a compliance notice, or an 27
original decision or action mentioned in section 851(5)'. 28
(2) Section 877(1)(d), after `mentioned in'-- 29
insert-- 30
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Water and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
`section 851(1) for which a compliance notice was given or a decision or 1
action mentioned in'. 2
127 Amendment of s 931 (Proceedings for offences)
Clause 3
Section 931-- 4
insert-- 5
`(2A) A prescribed offence is-- 6
(a) for a prescribed offence for which the maximum penalty of 7
imprisonment is 5 or more years--a crime; or 8
(b) otherwise--a misdemeanour.'. 9
128 Amendment of s 955 (Governor in Council may appoint
Clause 10
administrator to operate infrastructure) 11
Section 955(3)-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`(3) The appointment has effect from the day the notice is published 14
until-- 15
(a) the day stated in the notice; or 16
(b) if no day is stated in the notice--the day a further notice 17
withdrawing the appointment is published in the gazette.'. 18
129 Amendment of s 967 (IPA approval for development is subject to
Clause 19
approval under this Act) 20
(1) Section 967(4)-- 21
insert-- 22
`(c) the works for which the permit is required would not be in 23
accordance with a moratorium notice or water resource plan for 24
the part of the State for which the permit is required.'. 25
(2) Section 967(5), `water'-- 26
omit, insert-- 27
`water, or the removal of quarry material,'. 28
(3) Section 967(5)(a)-- 29
s 130 54 s 130
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omit, insert-- 1
`(a) that adjoins the land to which the development permit attaches; 2
and'. 3
(4) Section 967-- 4
insert-- 5
`(6) An owner of land carrying out operational work, mentioned in the 6
Integrated Planning Act 1997, schedule 8, part 2, item 9A(a), is taken to 7
have a right to use and occupy the part of the bed or bank of the 8
watercourse or lake-- 9
(a) that adjoins the owner's land; and 10
(b) on which the works are situated.'. 11
130 Insertion of new section 968A
Clause 12
After section 968-- 13
insert-- 14
`968A Chief executive may give directions about removal of quarry 15
material 16
`(1) Despite the Integrated Planning Act 1997, the chief executive may 17
give the holder of an allocation notice a show cause notice as to why the 18
holder should not be required to change the way quarry material is 19
removed. 20
`(2) If, after considering any properly made submissions, the chief 21
executive is still satisfied the change should be made, the chief executive 22
may give the holder a compliance notice requiring the holder to make the 23
change. 24
`(3) A development permit given under the Integrated Planning Act 1997 25
for the removal of the quarry material is changed to the extent of the 26
requirement under subsection (2). 27
`(4) If an appeal against the compliance notice is dismissed or the holder 28
does not appeal against the notice, the holder must comply with the notice, 29
unless the holder has a reasonable excuse. 30
Maximum penalty for subsection (4)--1 665 penalty units.'. 31
s 131 55 s 131
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131 Replacement of s 973983 (Section numbers not used)
Clause 1
Section 973983-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`PART 2A--INSTALLING, MAINTAINING AND 4
READING METERS 5
`973 Appointment and qualifications of metering contractors 6
`(1) The chief executive may appoint a person as a metering contractor. 7
`(2) The chief executive may appoint a person as a metering contractor 8
only if, in the chief executive's opinion, the person has the necessary 9
expertise or experience to be a metering contractor. 10
`974 Metering contractor's identity card 11
`(1) The chief executive must give each metering contractor an identity 12
card. 13
`(2) The identity card must-- 14
(a) contain a recent photo of the metering contractor; and 15
(b) be signed by the metering contractor; and 16
(c) identify the person as a metering contractor under this Act; and 17
(d) state an expiry date. 18
`975 Failure to return identity card 19
`A person who ceases to be a metering contractor must return the 20
person's identity card to the chief executive within 15 business days after 21
ceasing to be a metering contractor, unless the person has a reasonable 22
excuse for not returning it. 23
Maximum penalty--50 penalty units. 24
`976 Producing or displaying identity card 25
`(1) A metering contractor may exercise a power under this Act in 26
relation to someone else only if the metering contractor-- 27
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(a) first produces his or her identity card for the person's inspection; 1
or 2
(b) has the identity card displayed so it is clearly visible to the 3
person. 4
`(2) However, if for any reason it is not practicable to comply with 5
subsection (1) before exercising the power, the metering contractor must 6
produce the identity card for the person's inspection at the first reasonable 7
opportunity. 8
`977 Power to enter places for stated purposes 9
`(1) A metering contractor may enter land-- 10
(a) to inspect a site and any works on the site in preparation for 11
installing a meter on the site; or 12
(b) to carry out preparation work on the site; or 13
(c) to install a meter and any works necessarily associated with the 14
meter on a site; or 15
(d) to calibrate and test the meter; or 16
(e) to maintain, repair and replace meters; or 17
(f) to read meters. 18
`(2) However, the metering contractor may enter the land at any 19
reasonable time only if-- 20
(a) the occupier consents to the entry; or 21
(b) the metering contractor has given the occupier at least 22
10 business days notice of the entry and the purpose of the entry. 23
`(3) After entering the place, the metering contractor may carry out the 24
activity that is the purpose of the entry. 25
`(4) For carrying out the activity, the metering contractor may require the 26
occupier, or a person on the land, to give the metering contractor 27
information to help the contractor carry out the activity. 28
`(5) If there is no person on the land at the time of the entry under 29
subsection (2)(b), the metering contractor must-- 30
(a) leave a notice at the place; and 31
s 131 57 s 131
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(b) ensure the notice is left in a reasonably secure way and in a 1
conspicuous position. 2
`(6) In this section-- 3
"land" means a parcel of land other than the part on which there is erected 4
a building or structure that is-- 5
(a) a dwelling place; or 6
(b) being used, at the relevant time, as a dwelling place. 7
`978 Obstructing metering contractors 8
`A person must not obstruct a metering contractor exercising a power 9
under this Act, unless the person has a reasonable excuse. 10
Maximum penalty--200 penalty units. 11
`979 Giving notice of damage 12
`(1) If the metering contractor, in the exercise or purported exercise of a 13
power under this Act, damages anything, the metering contractor must 14
immediately give notice of the particulars of the damage. 15
`(2) The notice must be given to the person who appears to the metering 16
contractor to be the owner of, or in control of, the thing damaged. 17
`(3) If, for any reason, it is not practicable to comply with subsection (2), 18
the metering contractor must-- 19
(a) leave the notice at the place where the damage happened; and 20
(b) ensure the notice is left in a reasonably secure way and in a 21
conspicuous position. 22
`(4) This section does not apply to damage the metering contractor 23
believes, on reasonable grounds, is trivial. 24
`980 Compensation for damage 25
`(1) A person may claim compensation from the metering contractor if 26
the person incurs loss or expense because of the exercise or purported 27
exercise of a power under this Act by the metering contractor. 28
`(2) Payment of compensation may be claimed and ordered in a 29
proceeding for compensation brought in a court of competent jurisdiction. 30
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`(3) A court may order the payment of compensation for the loss or 1
expense only if it is satisfied it is just to make the order in the 2
circumstances of the particular case. 3
`(4) For this section, loss or expense does not include loss or expense 4
caused by the act of removing vegetation or any other thing. 5
`981983 Section numbers not used 6
`See footnote to section 1.'. 7
132 Replacement of s 9991003 (Section numbers not used)
Clause 8
Section 9991003-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`10001003 Section numbers not used 11
See footnote to section 1.'. 12
133 Amendment of s 1004 (Referral panels established by the chief
Clause 13
executive) 14
Section 1004(1)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`(1) The chief executive may establish a referral panel to advise on 17
matters about-- 18
(a) a draft resource operations plan; or 19
(b) a proposed amendment under section 105 to a resource 20
operations plan; or 21
(c) an amendment under section 106(b) to a resource operations 22
plan.'. 23
134 Amendment of s 1004A (Referral panels established by the
Clause 24
Minister) 25
Section 1004A(1), `42A'-- 26
omit, insert-- 27
`27'. 28
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135 Insertion of new s 1013B
Clause 1
After section 1013A-- 2
insert-- 3
`1013B Non-payment of fees or charges 4
`(1) Subsection (2) applies if all or part of a fee or charge payable to the 5
chief executive remains unpaid for 20 business days after the day stated in 6
the regulation for payment of the fee or charge. 7
`(2) The chief executive may give the person who is liable to pay the fee 8
or charge a written notice-- 9
(a) stating the period to which the fee or charge relates; and 10
(b) stating the amount, including interest, owing at the date of the 11
notice; and 12
(c) requiring the person-- 13
(i) to pay the amount owing; or 14
(ii) to make arrangements, satisfactory to the chief executive, 15
for payment of the amount owing; and 16
(d) prohibiting the taking of water under the water entitlement to 17
which the fee or charge relates until payment or arrangements are 18
made under paragraph (c). 19
`(3) However, a prohibition under subsection (2)(d) must not apply to 20
taking the minimum volume of water, that may be stated in the notice, 21
necessary for stock or domestic purposes. 22
`(4) A person must not take water in contravention of the notice. 23
Maximum penalty for subsection (4)--1 665 penalty units.'. 24
136 Replacement of s 1037 (Local government authorities)
Clause 25
Section 1037-- 26
omit, insert-- 27
`1037 Local government authorities 28
`(1) If, immediately before 13 September 2000, there was in force an 29
authority for a local government to take or interfere with water, the 30
authority continues under this Act until whichever of the following first 31
happens-- 32
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(a) the chief executive, with the consent of the authority holder, 1
grants a water licence to replace the authority; 2
(b) the authority is replaced with a water entitlement under a water 3
resource plan or a resource operations plan. 4
`(2) The chief executive may grant a water licence under 5
subsection (1)(a) to take or interfere with water-- 6
(a) on the same conditions as water may be taken or interfered with 7
under the authority; and 8
(b) without the need for an application to be made under section 206. 9
`(3) Within 30 business days after the chief executive grants the licence, 10
the chief executive must give the licensee the licence and an information 11
notice about the granting of the licence. 12
`(4) The licence has effect from the day the licence is given to the 13
licensee.'. 14
137 Amendment of s 1041 (Completed water allocation and
Clause 15
management plans) 16
(1) Section 1041(2), words before `may be amended'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`(2) The Water Allocation and Management Plan (Fitzroy Basin) 1999'. 19
(2) Section 1041(2)-- 20
insert-- 21
`(c) an amendment of section 20(1) about the way in which the 22
volume, for a water allocation established through the conversion 23
of an existing authorisation, is decided; or 24
(d) an amendment of section 20(2) to state that water allocations 25
converted from the following existing authorisations belong to 26
the priority group stated-- 27
(i) an authorisation identified by an interim resource operations 28
licence as high priority--the high priority group; 29
(ii) an authorisation, held by Rockhampton City Council for 30
town water supply purposes, in the Fitzroy Barrage water 31
supply scheme--the high priority group; 32
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(iii) an authorisation supplied from the Theodore or Gibber 1
Gunyah area channels in the Dawson Valley water supply 2
scheme--the medium A priority group; 3
(iv) to the extent allowed under the rules for conversion 4
contained in the resource operations plan, the part of an 5
authorisation, in the Dawson Valley water supply scheme, 6
that is for stock or domestic purposes--the high priority 7
group; 8
(v) an authorisation identified in the resource operations plan as 9
belonging to a priority group mentioned in schedule 8--the 10
priority group mentioned; 11
(vi) all other authorisations--the medium priority group; or 12
(e) an amendment of section 20(4) to state that the maximum rate at 13
which water may be taken under a water allocation converted 14
from an existing authorisation is the rate decided by the chief 15
executive having regard to-- 16
(i) the terms and conditions under which water may be taken 17
under the existing authorisation including-- 18
(A) the rate stated on the authorisation; and 19
(B) the pump size for the authorisation; and 20
(C) the area that may be irrigated under the authorisation; 21
and 22
(ii) the works associated with the authorisation; or 23
(f) an amendment of section 30(c) to allow an amendment of 24
schedule 6 if the amendment achieves an equivalent or improved 25
environmental outcome and does not adversely affect-- 26
(i) water allocations in the plan area; or 27
(ii) other outcomes for the plan; or 28
(g) an amendment of section 30(d) to allow the inclusion of 29
additional water allocation security objectives for new water 30
allocation priority groups added under section 30(d); or 31
(h) an amendment of section 30(d) to allow an amendment of a water 32
allocation security objective if the amendment does not adversely 33
affect existing water allocations, environmental flow objectives 34
or the outcomes of the plan; or 35
s 138 62 s 139
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(i) an amendment of section 30(e) to allow re-arrangement of the 1
water allocation security objectives into applicable water 2
allocation groups and to include additional water allocation 3
groups and water allocation security objectives for the groups; or 4
(j) an amendment of schedule 6 to exclude the application of the 5
first post-winter flow objective to node 15; or 6
(k) an amendment of schedule 8 to state that the water allocation 7
security objective for allocations in the Dawson Valley water 8
supply scheme, in the medium priority group, be between 78% 9
and 88%; or 10
(l) an amendment of schedule 10 to provide for the criteria in the 11
schedule that may be applied, and the way in which the criteria 12
may be applied, for amending existing authorisations to comply 13
with the plan; or 14
(m) an amendment to make the plan consistent with this Act.'. 15
138 Insertion of new s 1045A
Clause 16
After section 1045-- 17
insert-- 18
`1045A Burnett Basin final draft resource operations plan 19
`(1) The final draft resource operations plan prepared under section 103 20
to implement the Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan 2000 may include a 21
reservation of about 4 250 ML medium priority unallocated water for the 22
proposed Barlil Weir. 23
`(2) Subsection (1) applies even though the reservation was not included 24
in the draft resource operations plan made available under section 100.'. 25
139 Amendment of s 1046 (Declared subartesian areas)
Clause 26
Section 1046-- 27
insert-- 28
`(6) Within 30 business days after the chief executive grants the licence, 29
the chief executive must give the licensee the licence and an information 30
notice about the granting of the licence. 31
s 140 63 s 141
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`(7) The licence has effect from the day the licence is given to the 1
licensee.'. 2
140 Amendment of s 1048A (Existing licences, permits and approvals)
Clause 3
Section 1048A-- 4
insert-- 5
`(13) Despite the Integrated Planning Act 1997, section 3.5.21,5 a 6
development permit mentioned in subsection (2) lapses-- 7
(a) if part of the existing licence or permit, or conditions of the 8
existing licence or permit, required works to be installed by a 9
stated date and the works have not been installed by the date--on 10
the stated date; and 11
(b) otherwise, if the works to which the existing licence or permit 12
relates have not been installed by the end of the period the 13
existing licence or permit would have been in force if the 14
repealed Act had not been repealed--at the end of the period. 15
`(14) In subsection (13)-- 16
"existing licence or permit" means a licence or permit in force 17
immediately before the commencement of this section.'. 18
141 Amendment of s 1055 (Certain dealings with water licences for
Clause 19
2 years after the commencement of ch 2 pt 6) 20
(1) Section 1055, heading, `for 2 years after the commencement of ch 2 21
pt 6'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`until 19 April 2007'. 24
(2) Section 1055(1)(a)-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`(a) until 19 April 2007; and'. 27
5 Integrated Planning Act 1997, section 3.5.21 (When approval lapses)
s 142 64 s 143
Water and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
142 Insertion of new s 1083A
Clause 1
After section 1083-- 2
insert-- 3
`1083A Former water areas without water boards 4
`(1) This section applies to a former water area-- 5
(a) mentioned in section 1083(2); and 6
(b) for which no water board was in existence immediately before 7
the commencement of section 1083. 8
`(2) The chief executive's appointment under the repealed Act to perform 9
the functions and exercise the powers of a water board for the former water 10
area continues as an appointment under this Act to perform the functions 11
and exercise the powers of a water authority for the area. 12
`(3) A regulation must identify each former water area continued in 13
existence and taken to be an authority area under section 1083(2).'. 14
143 Amendment of s 1089 (Existing authorities to take, or interfere
Clause 15
with, water) 16
(1) Section 1089(2), from `until'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`until whichever of the following first happens-- 19
(a) the chief executive, with the consent of the authorisation holder, 20
grants a water licence to replace the authorisation; 21
(b) the authorisation is replaced with a water entitlement under a 22
water resource plan or a resource operations plan.'. 23
(2) Section 1089(3), from `until'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`until whichever of the following first happens-- 26
(a) the chief executive, with the consent of the authorisation holder, 27
grants a water licence to replace the authorisation; 28
(b) the authorisation is replaced with a water entitlement under a 29
water resource plan or a resource operations plan.'. 30
(3) Section 1089-- 31
s 144 65 s 145
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insert-- 1
`(4) The chief executive may grant a water licence under 2
subsection (2)(a) or (3)(a) to take or interfere with water-- 3
(a) on the same conditions as water may be taken or interfered with 4
under the authorisation; and 5
(b) without the need for an application to be made under section 206. 6
`(5) Within 30 business days after the chief executive grants the licence, 7
the chief executive must give the licensee the licence and an information 8
notice about the granting of the licence. 9
`(6) The licence has effect from the day the licence is given to the 10
licensee.'. 11
144 Amendment of s 1120 (Minister's and Treasurer's power to give
Clause 12
joint directions to corporatised entity) 13
(1) Section 1120(4)-- 14
omit. 15
(2) Section 1120-- 16
renumber and relocate as section 999. 17
145 Insertion of new ch 9, pt 4, div 2, sdiv 4
Clause 18
Chapter 9, part 4, division 2-- 19
insert-- 20
`Subdivision 4--Amending interim resource operations licences 21
`1122 Amending interim resource operations licence for Barker 22
Barambah water supply scheme 23
`(1) The chief executive may amend the interim resource operations 24
licence for Barker Barambah water supply scheme, held by SunWater, to 25
include the matters stated in section 177(b) to (f) for the proposed Barlil 26
Weir. 27
`(2) If the chief executive amends the licence under subsection (1), the 28
chief executive must give the interim resource operations licence holder an 29
amended licence in the approved form and an information notice. 30
s 146 66 s 146
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`(3) The amended licence takes effect from the day the information 1
notice is given to the holder. 2
`(4) This section applies despite section 184.'. 3
146 Replacement of s 11331136 (Section numbers not used)
Clause 4
Section 11331136-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`1133 References to water in a watercourse or lake 7
`A reference in this Act to water in a watercourse or lake is taken to have 8
always included a reference to water collected in a dam across the 9
watercourse or lake. 10
`1134 Burnett Basin draft resource operations plan 11
`To remove any doubt, the amendments stated in sections 8.1 and 8.2 of 12
the Burnett Basin draft resource operations plan, for which the chief 13
executive published a notice under section 100 on 2 December 2002, are 14
amendments to which section 106(b) applies. 15
`1135 Existing authorities for s 1113 16
`(1) Each customer to whom the chief executive granted an interim water 17
allocation under section 1113 is taken to have had an authority within the 18
meaning of section 1109 at the time the allocation was granted. 19
`(2) Subsection (3) applies if the Land Court held that it does not have 20
jurisdiction to consider an appeal in relation to the granting of an interim 21
water allocation under section 1113 because the person granted the 22
allocation did not have an authority within the meaning of section 1109 at 23
the time the allocation was granted. 24
`(3) The person may appeal under chapter 6, part 3 against the review 25
decision the subject of the appeal mentioned in subsection (2). 26
`(4) Despite section 878(2), the notice of appeal must be filed within 27
30 business days after the commencement of this section. 28
s 147 67 s 147
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`1136 Transitional provision for the Water and Other Legislation 1
Amendment Act 2003 2
`(1) Subsection (2) applies to a decision or action mentioned in 3
section 851(1) that is the giving of a compliance notice, if the notice was 4
given before the commencement of this section. 5
`(2) The following sections apply to the decision or action as if 6
amendments to the sections, effected by the Water and Other Legislation 7
Amendment Act 2003, had not commenced-- 8
· section 864(4)(b) 9
· section 865(1) 10
· section 877(1).'. 11
147 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary)
Clause 12
(1) Schedule 4-- 13
insert-- 14
` "criminal history", of a person, has the meaning given by the Criminal 15
Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986, section 3, but does not 16
include convictions for which the rehabilitation period has expired, 17
and has not been revived, under that Act. 18
"metering contractor" means a person appointed as a metering contractor 19
under section 973. 20
"nominal volume" means-- 21
(a) for a water allocation managed under a resource operations 22
licence--the number used to calculate the allocation's share of 23
the water available to be taken by holders of water allocations in 24
the same priority group; and 25
(b) for a water allocation not managed under a resource operations 26
licence--the number used to calculate the allocation's share of 27
the water available to be taken by holders of water allocations in 28
all water allocation groups in a water resource plan area. 29
"proposed Barlil Weir" means the new weir at Barlil mentioned in the 30
Water Infrastructure Development (Burnett Basin) Act 2001, 31
section 4(c). 32
s 147 68 s 147
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"stock purposes", in relation to taking water, means watering stock of a 1
number that would normally be depastured on the land on which the 2
water is, or is to be, used. 3
"volumetric limit" see section 120B. 4
"water allocation group" means a group of water allocations mentioned 5
in a water resource plan or a resource operations plan. 6
"water in a watercourse or lake" includes water collected in a dam across 7
the watercourse or lake. 8
"water supply scheme" means a water supply scheme described in a water 9
resource plan or a resource operations plan.'. 10
(2) Schedule 4, definition "annual report", item 1, `a water authority, 11
means its'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`chapter 4, means a water authority's'. 14
(3) Schedule 4, definition "authority area", `413(1)'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`548(1)'. 17
(4) Schedule 4, definition "customer", item 3-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`3. "Customer", for chapter 4 and section 851, means a person, other 20
than a ratepayer, for whom a water authority carries out water 21
activities.'. 22
(5) Schedule 4, definition "interim water allocation", paragraph (a), after 23
`licence'-- 24
insert-- 25
`or a resource operations licence'. 26
(6) Schedule 4, definition "moratorium notice", `42'-- 27
omit, insert-- 28
`26'. 29
(7) Schedule 4, definition "publish", item 1, `21 or 246'-- 30
omit, insert-- 31
`24 or 25'. 32
s 147 69 s 147
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(8) Schedule 4, definition "publish", item 1(b)-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`(b) by announcement over a radio station broadcasting generally 3
throughout the area for which the notice is published; or 4
(c) by notice to an affected licensee or permittee.'. 5
(9) Schedule 4, definition "publish", item 2, `part 3'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`part 2, 3'. 8
(10) Schedule 4, definition "seasonal water assignment", `a water 9
allocation'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`an interim water allocation, a water allocation'. 12
(11) Schedule 4, definition "seasonal water assignment rules", after 13
`allow'-- 14
insert-- 15
`seasonal water assignments or'. 16
(12) Schedule 4, definition "small service provider", paragraph (c)(i), 17
`100'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`500'. 20
(13) Schedule 4, definition "water", paragraph (a), `lake'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`lake6'. 23
(14) Schedule 4, definition "watercourse", item 1(c), `spring tide 24
normally flows'-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`high spring tide ordinarily flows'. 27
6 See definition "water in a watercourse or lake".
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