Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WATER RESOURCE (MORETON) PLAN 2007

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.      Groundwater management areas, implementation areas and groundwater units
   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 plan area
   11.     General outcomes
   12.     Ecological outcomes

           Part 4--Performance indicators and objectives

           Division 1--Preliminary

   13.     Application of pt 4

           Division 2--Environmental flow objectives

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

           Division 3--Water allocation security objectives

   16.     Performance indicators for water allocation security objectives
   17.     Water allocation security objectives

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

           Division 1--Preliminary

   18.     Strategies for surface water

           Division 2--Decisions made under this plan

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

           Division 3--Strategic reserve

   24.     Unallocated water held as strategic reserve
   25.     Granting or reserving unallocated water
   26.     Matters chief executive must consider

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

   27.     Process for Act, ss 176 and 184A
           Subdivision 2--Application or amendment after notice from chief executive
   28.     Applying for, or to amend, interim resource operations licence
   29.     Additional information may be required
   30.     Matters chief executive must consider
   31.     Deciding application
           Subdivision 3--Amendment by chief executive
   32.     Amendment of interim resource operations licence by chief
   33.     Matters chief executive must consider
   34.     Deciding to amend interim resource operations licence
           Subdivision 4--Granting interim water allocations
   35.     Granting interim water allocations—Act, s 189

           Division 5--Resource operations licences

   36.     Water entitlements to be managed under resource operations licences
   37.     Deciding operating arrangements and supply requirements

           Division 6--Water entitlements
           Subdivision 1--Replacing water entitlements

   38.     Local government authorities
   39.     Authority for SEQ Water
           Subdivision 2--Granting water entitlement
   40.     Granting water entitlement to the water grid manager
   41.     Granting water entitlement to the water grid manager
   42.     Authorising existing taking of water from Morton Vale Pipeline

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

   43.     Application of div 7
   44.     Location for taking water
   45.     Purpose to be stated on water allocation
           Subdivision 2--Water allocations for taking supplemented water
   46.     Nominal volume for water allocation
   47.     Priority groups
           Subdivision 3--Water allocations for taking unsupplemented water
   48.     Elements of a water allocation
   49.     Nominal volume for water allocation
   50.     Annual volumetric limit for water allocation
   51.     Daily and monthly volumetric limits for water allocation
   52.     Maximum rates
   53.     Conditions
   54.     Water allocation groups

           Division 8--Water licences for taking unsupplemented water

   55.     Elements of a water licence
   56.     Amending water licences
   57.     Annual volumetric limit for water licence
   58.     Maximum rates

           Division 9--Critical water supply arrangement

   59.     Critical water supply arrangement
   60.     Water sharing and infrastructure operating rules

           Division 10--Miscellaneous

   61.     Releasing water through fish ways

           Part 6--Strategies for achieving outcomes (groundwater)

           Division 1--Preliminary

   62.     Strategies for groundwater

           Division 2--Cressbrook Creek alluvial groundwater management area

   63.     Limitation on taking groundwater—Act, s 20(6)
   64.     Decisions about taking groundwater
   65.     Amending water licences to take groundwater

           Division 3--Lockyer Valley groundwater management area
           Subdivision 1--General strategies

   66.     Limitation on taking groundwater—Act, s 20(6)
   67.     Decisions about taking groundwater
           Subdivision 2--Implementation area 1
   68.     Supplemented and unsupplemented groundwater areas
   69.     Boundaries of supplemented groundwater area
           Subdivision 3--Implementation areas 2, 3 and 4
   70.     Implementation areas 2 and 3
   71.     Implementation area 4
   72.     Continued taking of groundwater authorised
   73.     Granting water licences
           Subdivision 4--Water sharing rules
   74.     Water sharing rules for unsupplemented groundwater
           Subdivision 5--Amending water licences
   75.     Amending water licences to state an annual volumetric limit

           Division 4--Warrill-Bremer alluvial groundwater management area

   76.     Limitation on taking groundwater—Act, s 20(6)
   77.     Decisions about taking groundwater
   78.     Continued taking of groundwater authorised
   79.     Granting water licences
   80.     Granting water licence to take groundwater for allowable urban purpose

           Division 5--Watercourse buffer zone groundwater management area

   81.     Boundaries of watercourse buffer zone
   82.     Limitation on taking groundwater—Act, s 20(6)
   83.     Continued taking of groundwater authorised

           Division 6--Miscellaneous

   84.     Relationship with Integrated Planning Act 1997

           Part 7--Strategies for achieving outcomes (overland flow water)

   85.     Limitation on taking overland flow water—Act, s 20(6)
   86.     Taking water using existing or replacement of existing overland flow works authorised
   87.     Licensing existing taking of overland flow water using works
   88.     Relationship with Integrated Planning Act 1997

           Part 8--Strategies for achieving outcomes (general)

   89.     Measuring devices

           Part 9--Monitoring and reporting requirements

   90.     Monitoring
   91.     Monitoring programs to be undertaken by holders of resource operations licences
   92.     Resource operations licence holders to give reports
   93.     Minister's report on plan—Act, s 53

           Part 10--Implementing and amending this plan

   94.     Priority areas for converting to, or granting, water allocations
   95.     Implementation schedule
   96.     Minor or stated amendment of plan—Act, s 57
   97.     Amending or replacing plan
           SCHEDULE 1 -- PLAN AREA
           SCHEDULE 2 -- GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREAS
           SCHEDULE 3 -- IMPLEMENTATION AREAS FOR LOCKYER VALLEY GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA
           SCHEDULE 4 -- SUBCATCHMENT AREAS
           SCHEDULE 5 -- SUBCATCHMENT AREA NAMES
           SCHEDULE 6 -- NODES
           SCHEDULE 7 -- ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW OBJECTIVES
           SCHEDULE 8 -- WATER ALLOCATION SECURITY OBJECTIVES
           SCHEDULE 10 -- VOLUMES FOR SIMULATED MEAN ANNUAL DIVERSIONS
           SCHEDULE 11 -- RATES AND PUMP SIZES
           SCHEDULE 12 -- WATERCOURSE BUFFER ZONES
           SCHEDULE 13 -- PRIORITY AREAS
           SCHEDULE 14 -- FORMULA
           SCHEDULE 15 -- DICTIONARY
           Endnotes