Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section has effect despite section 19.
(2) A person may take water in an emergency situation, for--
(a) a public purpose; or
(b) fighting a fire destroying, or threatening to destroy, a dwelling house.
(3) Despite subsection (6), an owner of land adjoining a watercourse, lake or spring may take water from the watercourse, lake or spring--
(a) for stock purposes; or
(b) for domestic purposes.
(4) Despite subsection (6), an owner of land on which there is overland flow water or overland flow water that has been collected into a dam, may take the water--
(a) for stock purposes; or
(b) for domestic purposes.
(5) A person may take water from a watercourse, lake or spring--
(a) for camping purposes; or
(b) for watering travelling stock.
(6) A person may take overland flow water or take or interfere with subartesian water for any purpose unless--
(a) there is a moratorium notice, a water resource plan or a wild river declaration that limits or alters the water that may be taken or interfered with; or
(b) for subartesian water only--a regulation under section 1046 regulates the taking of or interfering with the water.
(7) A regulation may declare land to be land to which subsection (3)(b) does not apply if the land is subdivided after the regulation is made.
(8) In this section--
land includes any land contiguous with the land adjoining the watercourse, lake or spring if all the land is owned by the same registered owner.