Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Water Act 1989 - SECT 4A

The Environmental Water Reserve

4A. The Environmental Water Reserve



(1) The environmental water reserve comprises water that is set aside for the
environment-

   (a)  as an environmental entitlement; and

   (b)  through the operation of-

   (i)  conditions on any bulk entitlement, or any licence, permit or
        authority issued under this or any other Act, or regulations made
        under this or any other Act; and

   (ii) any management plan under this Act; and

   (iii) any other provision of this Act, the Murray-Darling Basin Act 1993 or
        the Groundwater (Border Agreement) Act 1985 or any regulations made
        under this Act or those Acts.

(2) In this Act a reference to the environmental water reserve is a reference
to any water to which subsection (1) applies.