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WATER RESOURCE (PIONEER VALLEY) 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.      Subcatchment areas
   5A.     Groundwater management area and groundwater sub-areas
   5B.     Watercourse area and declaration about watercourse—Act, s 1006(2)
   6.      Information about areas
   7.      Nodes
   8.      Water to which plan applies

           Part 3--Outcomes for sustainable management of water

           Division 1--Outcomes for plan area

   8A.     Outcomes for water in plan area
   9.      General outcomes for surface water and groundwater
   9A.     General outcomes for groundwater
   10.     General ecological outcomes for surface water and groundwater

           Division 2--Specific ecological outcomes for surface water

   11.     Application of div 2
   12.     Estuaries
   13.     Blacks Creek and Pioneer River
   14.     Subcatchment areas 2, 3 and 4
   15.     Subcatchment area 12
   16.     Palm Tree Creek
   17.     Silver Creek
   18.     Teemburra Creek

           Division 3--General ecological outcomes for groundwater

   18A.    General ecological outcomes

           Part 4--Performance indicators and objectives

           Division 1--Environmental flow objectives
           Subdivision 1--Surface water

   19.     Performance indicators for environmental flow objectives
   20.     Environmental flow objectives
           Subdivision 2--Groundwater
   20A.    Environmental flow objectives
   20B.    Performance indicators for environmental flow objectives—relevant groundwater-dependent ecosystems
   20C.    Performance indicator for environmental flow objectives—seawater intrusion

           Division 2--Water allocation security objectives

   21.     Performance indicators for water allocation security objectives
   22.     Water allocation security objectives

           Part 4A--General strategies for achieving outcomes for surface water and groundwater

           Division 1--Particular strategies for achieving outcomes

   22A.    Amending in conjunction water licences and standby water licences
   22B.    Nominal entitlement or annual volumetric limit

           Division 2--Moratorium notices and arrangements for applications made before 25 June 2003

   22C.    Continued effect of moratorium notice published on 20 September 2000—Act, s 46(3)
   22D.    Continued effect of moratorium notice published on 25 June 2003 and subsequently amended—Act, s 46(3)
   22E.    Particular applications accepted but not dealt with before 25 June 2003

           Division 3--Measuring devices

   22F.    Volume
   22G.    Electrical conductivity—groundwater

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

           Division 1--Preliminary

   23.     Decisions consistent with objectives
   24.     Assessing impact of decisions
   25.     Taking or interfering with water from waterholes or lakes

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

   26.     Matters chief executive must consider
   27.     Licences for unallocated surface water in subcatchment area 12

           Division 3--Resource operations licences

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

           Division 4--Granting water entitlements

   30.     Water entitlements to replace local government authorities
   30A.    Granting water licences to take declared water

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

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

           Division 6--Licences for taking unsupplemented water

   46.     Water licences to take unsupplemented water
   47.     Nominal entitlement
   48.     Maximum rates for taking unsupplemented water
   48A.    Purpose to be stated on water licence

           Division 7--Taking declared water for stock or domestic purposes

   48B.    Taking declared water for stock or domestic purposes authorised

           Part 5A--Strategies for achieving outcomes (groundwater)

           Division 1--Preliminary

   49.     Decisions consistent with objectives
   49A.    Assessing impact of decisions
   49B.    Limitation on taking groundwater—Act, s 20(6)
   49C.    Restrictions on taking groundwater
   49D.    Decisions not to increase amount of groundwater taken

           Division 2--Environmental management rules, water sharing rules and water allocation change rules

   49E.    Matters to be considered for environmental management rules
   49F.    Matters to be considered for water sharing rules
   49G.    Matters to be considered for water allocation change rules

           Division 3--Unallocated groundwater

   49H.    Unallocated groundwater

           Division 4--Authorisations for purpose other than stock or domestic purposes

   49I.    Taking groundwater using existing works authorised

           Division 5--Granting water licences

   49J.    Granting water licences for authorisation 4

           Division 6--Converting authorisations to water allocations

   49K.    Application of div 6
   49L.    Elements of a water allocation
   49M.    Nominal volume
   49N.    Annual volumetric limit
   49O.    Purpose to be stated on water allocation
   49P.    Conditions for water allocations
   49Q.    Water allocation groups

           Division 7--Amending water licences
           Subdivision 1--Amending particular water licences

   49R.    Authorisations 5, 14, 15 and 16—Act, s 217
           Subdivision 2--Amending water licences generally
   49S.    Application of sdiv 2
   49T.    Elements of water licences
   49U.    Nominal entitlement
   49V.    Purpose to be stated on water licence
   49W.    Conditions may be imposed on water licences
           Subdivision 3--Annual entitlements for particular water licences
   49X.    Authorisation 8, 10 or 12
   49Y.    Authorisation 5, 13 or 15
   49Z.    Announced entitlement

           Division 8--Review of particular water licences

   49ZA.   Process and criteria for review

           Division 9--Authorisations for stock or domestic purposes

   49ZB.   Taking groundwater authorised

           Division 10--Miscellaneous

   49ZC.   Relationship with Integrated Planning Act 1997

           Part 6--Monitoring and reporting requirements

   50.     Monitoring
   51.     Monitoring programs undertaken by holders of a resource operations licence
   52.     Resource operations licence holders to give reports

           Part 7--Implementing the plan

   53.     Priorities for converting to, or granting, water allocations
   54.     Implementation schedule

           Part 8--Minister's report and amending plan

   55.     Minister's report on plan—Act, s 53
   56.     Minor amendment of plan—Act, s 57
   57.     Amending or replacing plan
           SCHEDULE 1 PLAN AREA AND LOCATION OF SURFACE WATER NODES
           SCHEDULE 2 SUBCATCHMENT AREAS
           SCHEDULE 2A GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA AND LOCATION OF GROUNDWATER NODES
           SCHEDULE 2B GROUNDWATER SUB-AREAS
           SCHEDULE 2C WATERCOURSE AREA
           SCHEDULE 3 NODES
           SCHEDULE 4 ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW OBJECTIVES
           SCHEDULE 5 WATER ALLOCATION SECURITY OBJECTIVES
           SCHEDULE 6 TOTAL VOLUMES FOR WATER ALLOCATION GROUPS
           SCHEDULE 6A ANNUAL VOLUMETRIC LIMIT FOR GROUNDWATER
           SCHEDULE 7 RATES AND PUMP SIZES
           SCHEDULE 8 WATER ALLOCATION GROUPS
           SCHEDULE 9 PRIORITY AREAS
           1. Eton priority area
           2. Pioneer River priority area
           3. Upper Cattle Creek priority area
           4. Groundwater priority area
           SCHEDULE 9A COASTLINE AND SEAWATER INTRUSION BASELINE
           SCHEDULE 9B DOMESTIC AREAS
           SCHEDULE 9C ANNUAL ENTITLEMENT

           Part 1--2009-2010 water year
           1. Groundwater sub-area 11, 15, 16 or 17

           Part 2--2010-2011 water year
           2. Groundwater sub-area 11, 15, 16 or 17

           Part 3--2011-2012 water year
           3. Groundwater sub-area 11, 15A or 15B
           4. Groundwater sub-area 15C, 15D, 16 or 17

           Part 4--2012-2013 water year
           5. Groundwater sub-area 11, 15, 16 or 17—electrical conductivity of less than 1500S/cm
           6. Groundwater sub-area 11, 15, 16 or 17—electrical conductivity of 1500S/cm or more

           Part 5--2013-2014 water year
           7. Groundwater sub-area 11, 15, 16 or 17—electrical conductivity of less than 1500S/cm
           8. Groundwater sub-area 11, 15, 16 or 17—electrical conductivity of 1500S/cm or more
           SCHEDULE 10 DICTIONARY
           Endnotes

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