Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WATER RESOURCE (MARY BASIN) PLAN 2006

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

           Contents

           Part 1--Preliminary

   1.      Short title
   2.      Purposes of plan
   3.      Definitions

           Part 2--Plan area and water to which plan applies

   4.      Plan area
   5.      Cooloola Sandmass subartesian area
   6.      Subcatchment areas
   7.      Information about areas
   8.      Nodes
   9.      Water to which plan applies

           Part 3--Outcomes for sustainable management of water

   10.     Outcomes for water in the plan area
   11.     General outcomes for surface water in the plan area
   12.     General outcomes for subartesian water in the Cooloola Sandmass subartesian area
   13.     Ecological outcomes for particular parts of the plan area

           Part 4--Performance indicators and objectives

           Division 1--Preliminary

   14.     Application of pt 4

           Division 2--Environmental flow objectives

   15.     Performance indicators for environmental flow objectives
   16.     Environmental flow objectives

           Division 3--Water allocation security objectives

   17.     Performance indicators for water allocation security objectives
   18.     Water allocation security objectives
           Part 5 S
           TRATEGIES FOR ACHIEVING OUTCOMES (SURFACE WATER)

           Division 1--Preliminary

   19.     Strategies for surface water

           Division 2--Decisions made under this plan

   20.     Application of div 2
   21.     Decisions consistent with objectives
   22.     Assessing impact of decisions
   23.     Decisions not to increase amount of water taken
   24.     Restriction on taking water from waterholes or lakes

           Division 3--General, strategic and town water supply reserves
           Subdivision 1--Preliminary

   25.     Unallocated water held as general, strategic or town water supply reserve
   26.     Granting unallocated water
   27.     Matters chief executive must consider
           Subdivision 2--General reserve
   28.     Application of sdiv 2
   29.     Granting unallocated water from the general reserve
           Subdivision 3--Strategic reserve
   30.     Application of sdiv 3
   31.     Limitation on volume of unallocated water granted
   32.     Granting unallocated water from the strategic reserve
           Subdivision 4--Town water supply reserve
   33.     Application of sdiv 4
   34.     Granting unallocated water from the town water supply reserve under water licences
   35.     Granting unallocated water from the town water supply reserve for Wide Bay Water Corporation

           Division 4--Process for granting and amending interim resource operations licence
           Subdivision 1--Preliminary

   36.     Process for Act, ss 176 and 184A
           Subdivision 2--Interim resource operations licence for particular infrastructure
   37.     Applying for, or to amend, interim resource operations licence
   38.     Additional information may be required
   39.     Matters chief executive must consider
   40.     Deciding application for, or to amend, interim resource operations licence
           Subdivision 3--Amendment by chief executive
   41.     Amending interim resource operations licence by chief executive—Act, s 184A
   42.     Matters chief executive must consider
   43.     Deciding whether to amend interim resource operations licence
           Subdivision 4--Amendment on application by holder
   44.     Amending interim resource operations licence on application by holder—Act, s 184A
   45.     Additional information may be required
   46.     Matters chief executive must consider
   47.     Deciding application to amend interim resource operations licence
           Subdivision 5--Granting interim water allocations
   48.     Granting interim water allocations—Act, s 189

           Division 5--Resource operations licences

   49.     Water allocations to be managed under resource operations licences
   50.     Matters chief executive must consider

           Division 6--Granting water entitlements

   51.     Water entitlements to replace local government authorities
   52.     Replacing water licences

           Division 7--Converting authorisations to water allocations
           Subdivision 1--General

   53.     Definition for div 7
   54.     Application of div 7
   55.     Location for taking water
   56.     Purpose to be stated on water allocation
           Subdivision 2--Water allocations to take supplemented water
   57.     Elements of a water allocation to take supplemented water
   58.     Nominal volume for water allocations to take supplemented water
   59.     Priority groups for water allocations to take supplemented water
           Subdivision 3--Water allocations to take unsupplemented water
   60.     Elements of a water allocation to take unsupplemented water
   61.     Nominal volume for water allocations to take unsupplemented water
   62.     Annual volumetric limit for taking unsupplemented water
   63.     Maximum rates for taking unsupplemented water
   64.     Flow conditions for water allocations to take unsupplemented water

           Division 8--Water licences to take unsupplemented water

   65.     Amending water licences to take unsupplemented water

           Division 9--Critical water supply strategy

   66.     Critical water supply strategy
   67.     Water sharing and infrastructure operating rules

           Division 10--Miscellaneous

   68.     Releasing water through fish ways
           Part 6 S
           TRAtEGIES FOR ACHIEVING OUTCOMES (subartesian WAtER)
   69.     Strategies for subartesian water
   70.     Limitation on taking or interfering with subartesian water—Act, s 20(6)
   71.     Restriction on granting water licences
   72.     Contents of water licence to take subartesian water
   73.     Decisions about taking subartesian water
   74.     Restriction on annual volumetric limit for taking subartesian water
   75.     Maximum rate for taking subartesian water
   76.     Licensing existing taking of subartesian water
   77.     Licensing existing taking of subartesian water for public amenity
   78.     Water licences for Cooloola Shire Council
   79.     Relationship with Integrated Planning Act 1997

           Part 7--Strategies for achieving outcomes (general)

   80.     Measuring devices

           Part 8--Monitoring and reporting requirements

   81.     Monitoring
   82.     Monitoring programs to be undertaken by resource operations licence holders
   83.     Resource operations licence holders to give reports
   84.     Monitoring programs undertaken by Cooloola Shire Council
   85.     Cooloola Shire Council to give reports
   86.     Minister's report on plan—Act, s 53

           Part 9--Implementing and amending this plan

   87.     Priorities for converting to, or granting, water allocations
   88.     Implementation schedule
   89.     Minor or stated amendment of plan—Act, s 57
   90.     Amending or replacing plan
           SCHEDULE 1 -- PLAN AREA
           SCHEDULE 2 -- COOLOOLA SANDMASS SUBARTESIAN AREA
           SCHEDULE 3 -- SUBCATCHMENT AREAS
           SCHEDULE 4 -- SUBCATCHMENT AREA NAMES
           SCHEDULE 5 -- NODES
           SCHEDULE 6 -- ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW OBJECTIVES
           SCHEDULE 7 -- WATER ALLOCATION SECURITY OBJECTIVES
           SCHEDULE 8 -- VOLUMES FOR SIMULATED MEAN ANNUAL DIVERSIONS
           SCHEDULE 9 -- RATES AND PUMP SIZES
           SCHEDULE 10 -- WATER LICENCES TO TAKE SUBARTESIAN WATER
           SCHEDULE 11 -- PRIORITY AREAS
           1. Priority area 1
           2. Priority area 2
           3. Priority area 3
           SCHEDULE 11A -- FORMULA
           SCHEDULE 12 -- DICTIONARY
           Endnotes