WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 45
Making draft water plan
WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 45
Making draft water plan
45 Making draft water plan
(1) Before finalising a water plan the Minister must make a draft of the plan.
(2) The Minister must consider all of the following in making a draft of a
water plan— (a) regional plans made under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009
that apply to the plan area;
(b) environmental values established under the
Environmental Protection (Water) Policy 2009 ;
(c) if the draft water plan is
within the Queensland Murray-Darling Basin—the Murray-Darling Basin Plan
under the Water Act 2007 (Cwlth) ;
(e) the public interest;
(f) the results
of any public consultation under section 44 ;
(g) the water-related effects
of climate change on water availability;
(h) the interests of any Aboriginal
parties or Torres Strait Islander parties in relation to the water resources
for the plan area.