(1) The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the management of impacts on
underground water caused by the exercise of underground water rights by
resource tenure holders.
(2) This purpose is achieved primarily by—
(a)
providing a regulatory framework to—
(i) require resource tenure holders to
monitor and assess the impact of the exercise of underground water rights on
water bores and to enter into make good agreements with the owners of the
bores; and