WATER ACT 1989 - SECT 22M Preparation of a draft long-term water resources assessment

WATER ACT 1989 - SECT 22M

In preparing a draft long-term water resources assessment, the Minister must—

S. 22M(a) amended by No. 85/2006 s. 5, substituted by No. 23/2019 s. 15.

        (a)     give notice of the preparation of the assessment and the process by which the assessment will be carried out to—

              (i)     any Authority whose interests the Minister considers are likely to be affected by the assessment; and

              (ii)     each specified Aboriginal party for an area that is wholly or partly within the area in which the water resources the subject of the assessment are located;

        (b)     publish a notice in a newspaper circulating generally in the State and in a local newspaper circulating generally in the area to which the assessment applies stating when and where the draft assessment can be inspected and inviting public comment by a set date;

        (c)     make the draft assessment available for inspection by the public for at least 2 months after its preparation;

        (d)     consider any comments made by the set date;

        (e)     consider any comments made by the Environment Protection Authority in a review under section 22N;

        (f)     make any appropriate changes to the draft assessment.

S. 22N inserted by No. 99/2005 s. 11.