Tasmanian Consolidated Acts

WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 14

      (1) A water management plan may be prepared for –

(a) a watercourse, several joined watercourses or part of a watercourse, including a water supply channel declared under section 192(1); or

(b) a lake; or

(c) one or more groundwater resources; or

(ca) a tidal area that a declaration under section 5A relates to; or

(d) any combination of paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (ca), whether the water resources are joined naturally or artificially –

      (2) A water management plan is to include –

(a) a statement of the objectives of the plan, including the environmental objectives; and

(b) a description of the water regime that best gives effect to the environmental objectives and other relevant objectives of the plan; and

(c) an assessment of the ability of that water regime to achieve the environmental objectives and other relevant objectives of the plan; and

(d) an assessment of likely detrimental effects of the plan on the quality of water.

      (3) A water management plan may –

(a) provide for the allocation and use of water having regard to the objectives stated under subsection (2)(a); and

(b) provide for the licensing of all or specified classes of persons taking water from the relevant water resource, including persons who under Part 5 would otherwise have a right to take water without a licence; and

(c) provide for the transfer of, and other dealings with, water allocations, including the imposition of conditions under which those transfers or dealings may take place; and

(d) specify requirements to be considered in the granting of permits under Division 4 of Part 8; and

(e) specify a date on which the plan will take effect; and

(f) provide for the administration of the plan by a responsible water entity in accordance with section 38(1); and

(g) include such other information or material as may be required for the administration of this Act.