Queensland Consolidated Acts

WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 57

Despite section 56, the Governor in Council may approve a plan to amend a water resource plan without sections 40 to 52 applying if--

(a) the amending plan is only to correct a minor error in the water resource plan, or make another change that is not a change of substance; or

(b) the water resource plan states that an amendment of a stated type may be made to the water resource plan by amendment under this subsection--to make an amendment of the stated type; or

(c) in relation to a wild river area--

(i) the water resource plan, to the extent it applies to the area, is inconsistent with the wild river declaration for the area; and

(ii) the inconsistency is in relation to a matter mentioned in the Wild Rivers Act 2005, section 14(1)(j) to (o) or (2); and

(iii) the amendment is to ensure consistency with the wild river declaration.