Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WATER RESOURCE (BARRON) PLAN 2002

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Contents

           Part 1--Preliminary

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

           Part 2--Areas and water to which plan applies

   4.      Plan area
   5.      Subartesian areas
   6.      Subartesian management areas
   7.      Subcatchment areas
   8.      Information about areas
   9.      Nodes
   10.     Water to which plan applies

           Part 3--Outcomes for sustainable management of water

           Division 1--Outcomes for plan area

   11.     General outcomes
   12.     General ecological outcomes

           Division 2--Ecological outcomes for particular parts of the plan area

   13.     Application of div 2
   14.     Barron River catchment
   15.     Flaggy Creek

           Part 4--Performance indicators and objectives

           Division 1--Preliminary

   16.     Application of pt 4

           Division 2--Environmental flow objectives

   17.     Performance indicators for environmental flow objectives
   18.     Environmental flow objectives

           Division 3--Water allocation security objectives

   19.     Performance indicators for water allocation security objectives
   20.     Water allocation security objectives

           Part 5--Strategies for achieving outcomes (surface water)

           Division 1--Preliminary

   21.     Application of pt 5
   22.     Decisions consistent with objectives
   23.     Assessing impact of decisions
   24.     Taking or interfering with water from waterholes or lakes

           Division 2--Dealing with unallocated water under a resource operations plan

   25.     Matters chief executive must consider

           Division 3--Resource operations licences

   26.     Water allocations to be managed under a resource operations licence
   27.     Matters chief executive must consider

           Division 4--Granting water entitlements

   28.     Water for hydro-electric power generation
   29.     Water entitlements to replace local government authorities

           Division 5--Converting authorisations to water allocations
           Subdivision 1--General provisions

   30.     Definition for div 5
   31.     Application of div 5
   32.     Location for taking water
   33.     Purpose to be stated on water allocation
           Subdivision 2--Supplemented water
   34.     Volume of supplemented water
   35.     Nominal volume for supplemented water
   36.     Priority groups for supplemented water allocations
           Subdivision 3--Unsupplemented water
   37.     Volume of unsupplemented water
   38.     Nominal volume for unsupplemented water
   39.     Annual volumetric limit for unsupplemented water
   40.     Monthly volumetric limits
   41.     Maximum rates for taking unsupplemented water
   42.     Conditions for unsupplemented water allocations
   43.     Water allocation groups for unsupplemented water allocations

           Division 6--Licences for taking unsupplemented water

   44.     Volume of unsupplemented water
   45.     Annual volumetric limit for unsupplemented water
   46.     Maximum rates for taking unsupplemented water

           Division 7--Moratorium notice

   47.     Continued effect of moratorium notice—Act, s 46(3)

           Part 6--Strategies for achieving outcomes (subartesian water)

           Division 1--Preliminary

   48.     Application of pt 6
   49.     Volume of subartesian water

           Division 2--General strategies

   50.     Limitation on taking or interfering with water—Act, s 20(6)
   51.     Decisions about taking subartesian water
   52.     Bore pumping test
   53.     Restriction on annual volumetric limit
   54.     Relationship with Integrated Planning Act 1997

           Division 3--Strategies for Atherton Subartesian Area only

   55.     Annual volumetric limit for existing licences
   56.     Licences to increase taking etc. in Management Area A
   57.     Licensing existing water taking in Management Area B

           Part 7--Monitoring and reporting requirements

   58.     Monitoring
   59.     Monitoring programs undertaken by holders of a resource operations licence
   60.     Resource operations licence holders to give reports

           Part 8--Implementing the plan

   61.     Priorities for converting to, or granting, water allocations
   62.     Implementation schedule

           Part 9--Minister's report and amending plan

   63.     Minister's report on plan—Act, s 53
   64.     Minor amendment of plan—Act, s 57
   65.     Amending or replacing plan
           SCHEDULE 1 PLAN AREA
           SCHEDULE 2 SUBARTESIAN AREAS
           SCHEDULE 3 SUBCATCHMENT AREAS
           SCHEDULE 4 NODES
           SCHEDULE 5 ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW OBJECTIVES
           SCHEDULE 6 WATER ALLOCATION SECURITY OBJECTIVES
           SCHEDULE 7 TOTAL VOLUMES FOR WATER ALLOCATION GROUPS
           SCHEDULE 8 RATES AND PUMP SIZES
           SCHEDULE 9 PRIORITY AREAS
           1. Mareeba-Dimbulah priority area
           2. Barron River above Lake Tinaroo priority area
           SCHEDULE 10 DICTIONARY
           Endnotes