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WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 14 Scope of water management plans

WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 14

Scope of water management plans

(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 –
and may include dispersed surface water that normally flows into or replenishes the water resource or water resources in the plan.
(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) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(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.