Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 2003 No. 342 Water Act 2000 WATER ALLOCATION AND MANAGEMENT (FITZROY BASIN) AMENDMENT PLAN (No. 1) 2003 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 Water resource plan amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 Replacement of s 1 (Short title). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5 Amendment of s 4 (Purpose of plan and its achievement) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6 Renumbering of ss 3 and 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7 Omission of ss 5 and 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 8 Replacement of s 7 (Plan area) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5 Plan area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6 Information about plan area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7 Nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 9 Replacement of pt 3, hdg (Outcomes for management of water and proposed action) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 10 Amendment of s 9 (Outcomes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 11 Omission of ss 10 and 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 12 Replacement of pt 4, hdg (Management strategies) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 13 Amendment of pt 4, div 1, hdg (Environmental flow) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 14 Replacement of s 12 (Objectives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

2 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 10 Performance indicators for environmental flow objectives . . . . . . . . 7 11 Environmental flow objectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 15 Amendment of s 13 (Criteria) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 16 Replacement of pt 4, div 2 (Water entitlement security). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Division 2—Water allocation security objectives 12 Performance indicators for water allocation security objectives . . . . 8 13 Water allocation security objectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 17 Omission of pt 4, div 3, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 18 Amendment of s 15 (Water monitoring requirements for water operators) . 8 19 Amendment of s 16 (Water and aquatic ecosystem monitoring requirements) 10 20 Omission of s 16A (Purpose of monitoring and reporting). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 21 Replacement of pt 5, hdg and pt 5, div 1, hdg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 22 Replacement of ss 17 and 18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 15 Decisions consistent with objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 16 Assessing consistency with objectives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 17 Restrictions on taking water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 18 Amending existing authorisations for consistency with plan . . . . . . 12 23 Replacement of pt 5, div 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Division 2—Conversion of authorisations to water allocations Subdivision 1—General provisions 19 Application of div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 19A Location for taking water. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Subdivision 2—Supplemented water 20 Nominal volume for supplemented water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 20A Priority groups for water allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 24 Omission of pt 5, div 3, hdg (Water allocations for water project areas) . . . 14 25 Amendment of s 21 (Total water allocations for water project areas). . . . . . 14 26 Omission of pt 5, div 4 (Changing authorisations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 27 Renumbering of ss 19A–21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 28 Replacement of pt 5, divs 5 and 6, and pt 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Subdivision 3—Unsupplemented water 23A Nominal volume for unsupplemented water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

3 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 23B Volumetric limit for unsupplemented water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 23C Maximum rate for taking unsupplemented water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 24 Limitation on granting unallocated water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 25 Water for proposed Nathan Dam project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 PART 7—IMPLEMENTING THIS PLAN 27A Implementation schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 28 Minister’s report on plan—Act, s 53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 29 Minor or stated amendments of plan—Act, s 57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 29 Renumbering of ss 23A–29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 30 Amendment of sch 1 (Dictionary definitions). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 31 Omission of sch 2 (Department of Natural Resources office locations) . . . . 23 32 Amendment of sch 3 (Map of plan area). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 33 Omission of sch 4 (Parts of the basin where resource operations plans will be prepared) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 34 Amendment of sch 5 (Seasonal base flow objectives) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 35 Insertion of new sch 5, pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 36 Omission of sch 6 (First post-winter flow event objective). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 37 Amendment of sch 7 (Medium to high flow event objectives) . . . . . . . . . . . 28 38 Amendment of sch 8 (Water entitlement security objectives for regulated water supplies) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 39 Insertion of new sch 8, pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 40 Omission of sch 9 (Water entitlement security objectives for unregulated water supplies) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 41 Amendment of sch 10 (Criteria for amending existing authorisations that are not consistent with this plan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 42 Replacement of sch 11 (Existing and future water project areas) . . . . . . . . . 36 SCHEDULE 11 EXISTING AND FUTURE WATER SUPPLY SCHEMES 43 Renumbering of schs 1–11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

s1 4 s6 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 1 Short title This water resource plan may be cited as the Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003. 2 Water resource plan amended This water resource plan amends the Water Allocation and Management Plan (Fitzroy Basin) 1999. 3 Replacement of s 1 (Short title) Section 1— omit, insert— ‘1 Short title This water resource plan may be cited as the WaterResource(FitzroyBasin) Plan 1999 .’. 4 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) Section 3, ‘schedule 1’— omit, insert— ‘schedule 6’. 5 Amendment of s 4 (Purpose of plan and its achievement) (1) Section 4, heading, ‘and its achievement’— omit . (2) Section 4(2)— omit . 6 Renumbering of ss 3 and 4 Sections 3 and 4— renumber and relocate as sections 4 and 3.

s7 5 s9 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 7 Omission of ss 5 and 6 Sections 5 and 6— omit . 8 Replacement of s 7 (Plan area) Section 7— omit, insert— ‘5 Plan area ‘This plan applies to the area shown as the plan area on the map in schedule 1. ‘6 Information about plan area ‘Greater definition of the location of the plan area boundary is held in digital electronic form by the department. 1 ‘7 Nodes ‘ (1) A node mentioned in this plan is a place on a watercourse in the plan area at which, for comparison with this plan’s environmental flow objectives— (a) stream flow characteristics are described and measured; and (b) modelled stream flows are estimated and reported. ‘ (2) The location of each node is shown on the map in schedule 1 and described in schedule 2, part 1. ‘ (3) Each node is identified on the map by a number.’. 9 Replacement of pt 3, hdg (Outcomes for management of water and proposed action) Part 3, heading— 1 The boundary location in digital electronic form may be inspected at the department’s head office, Brisbane. The information held in digital electronic form can be reduced or enlarged as necessary to show the details of the boundary.

s 10 6 s 13 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 omit, insert— ‘PART 3—OUTCOMES FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF WATER’. 10 Amendment of s 9 (Outcomes) (1) Section 9, ‘to provide’— omit, insert— ‘that seeks to achieve a balance in providing’. (2) Section 9(b), ‘water infrastructure operators’— omit, insert— ‘holders of resource operations licences’. (3) Section 9(d), ‘aquatic’— omit, insert— ‘natural’. 11 Omission of ss 10 and 11 Sections 10 and 11— omit . 12 Replacement of pt 4, hdg (Management strategies) Part 4, heading— omit, insert— ‘PART 4—PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND OBJECTIVES’. 13 Amendment of pt 4, div 1, hdg (Environmental flow) Part 4, division 1, heading, after ‘ flow ’— insert— ‘ objectives ’.

s 14 7 s 16 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 14 Replacement of s 12 (Objectives) Section 12— omit, insert— ‘10 Performance indicators for environmental flow objectives ‘The performance indicators for assessing the following environmental flow objectives for this plan are stated in the schedule mentioned— (a) seasonal base flow objective—schedule 2, part 1; (b) first post-winter flow event objective—schedule 2, part 2; (c) medium to high flow event objective—schedule 2, part 3. ‘11 Environmental flow objectives ‘The environmental flow objectives for this plan are stated in schedule 2.’. 15 Amendment of s 13 (Criteria) (1) Section 13, heading— omit, insert— ‘13 Matters chief executive must consider’. (2) Section 13, ‘In preparing’ to ‘must be considered’— omit, insert— ‘In preparing the resource operations plan, or in making a decision about the grant of, or change to, a water allocation, the chief executive must consider’. (3) Section 13, as amended— renumber and relocate in part 5, division 1, as section 14. 16 Replacement of pt 4, div 2 (Water entitlement security) Part 4, division 2— omit, insert—

s 17 8 s 18 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 ‘Division 2—Water allocation security objectives ‘12 Performance indicators for water allocation security objectives ‘The performance indicators for the water allocation security objectives are stated in— (a) for taking supplemented water—schedule 3, part 1; and (b) for taking unsupplemented water—schedule 3, part 2. ‘13 Water allocation security objectives ‘The water allocation security objectives for this plan are stated in— (a) for water allocations to take supplemented water—schedule 3, part 1; and (b) for water allocations to take unsupplemented water—schedule 3, part 2.’. 17 Omission of pt 4, div 3, hdg Part 4, division 3, heading— omit. 18 Amendment of s 15 (Water monitoring requirements for water operators) (1) Section 15, heading, ‘ water operators ’— omit, insert— ‘ resource operations licence holders ’. (2) Section 15(1), ‘Water operators’— omit, insert— ‘A holder of a resource operations licence’. (3) Section 15(1)(a)(i), ‘water project area’— omit, insert— ‘water supply scheme in which the holder manages water’.

s 18 9 s 18 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 (4) Section 15(1)(a)(ii)— omit, insert— ‘(ii) flow at other locations stated in the resource operations plan; and’. (5) Section 15(1)(a)(iii) and (iv), (1)(b) and (2)(b), ‘water project area’— omit, insert— ‘water supply scheme’. (6) Section 15(1)(a)(iv), ‘regulated’— omit, insert— ‘supplemented’. (7) Section 15(2), ‘Water operators’— omit, insert— ‘Also, a holder of a resource operations licence’. (8) Section 15(2)(b)(i), ‘announced allocations’— omit, insert— ‘announced entitlements’. (9) Section 15(2)(b)(ii), after ‘restrictions’— insert— ‘on the taking or supply of water’. (10) Section 15(2)(b)(v)— omit, insert— ‘(v) the management of flows; and’. (11) Section 15(2)(c)— omit, insert— ‘(c) the circumstances in which the requirements of the resource operations plan were not met by the resource operations licence holder; and’. (12) Section 15(2)(d), ‘a resource operations plan’— omit, insert—

s 19 10 s 19 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 ‘the resource operations plan’. (13) Section 15— renumber and relocate as section 26 in part 6 as inserted by this plan. 19 Amendment of s 16 (Water and aquatic ecosystem monitoring requirements) (1) Section 16, heading, ‘aquatic’— omit, insert— ‘natural’. (2) Section 16(1), ‘aquatic ecosystems’— omit, insert— ‘natural ecosystems’. (3) Section 16(1)(b), ‘stream flow events’— omit, insert— ‘flows’. (4) Section 16(1)(d) and (e), ‘species diversity, abundance and’— omit . (5) Section 16(1)(i)— omit, insert— ‘(i) the matters mentioned in section 29(1).’. (6) Section 16(2), ‘aquatic ecosystem’— omit, insert— ‘natural ecosystem’. (7) Section 16(2), ‘section 16(1)’— omit, insert— ‘in subsection (1)’. (8) Section 16(2)(a)— omit, insert—

s 20 11 s 22 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 ‘(a) a requirement under the resource operations plan in relation to a water supply scheme; and’. (9) Section 16— renumber and relocate as section 27 in part 6 as inserted by this plan. 20 Omission of s 16A (Purpose of monitoring and reporting) Section 16A— omit. 21 Replacement of pt 5, hdg and pt 5, div 1, hdg Part 5, heading and part 5, division 1, heading— omit, insert— ‘PART 5—STRATEGIES FOR ACHIEVING OUTCOMES ‘Division 1—Preliminary’. 22 Replacement of ss 17 and 18 Sections 17 and 18— omit, insert— ‘15 Decisions consistent with objectives ‘A decision about the allocation and management of water in the plan area must be consistent with— (a) the environmental flow objectives in schedule 2; and (b) the water allocation security objectives in schedule 3. ‘16 Assessing consistency with objectives ‘ (1) The IQQM computer program’s simulation for the simulation period is used to assess consistency with the objectives. ‘ (2) If it is not practicable to use the IQQM computer program, another assessment method approved by the chief executive may be used.

s 23 12 s 23 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 ‘ (3) The chief executive may approve an assessment method for subsection (2) only if the chief executive is satisfied the method will assess consistency with the objectives at least as accurately as the IQQM computer program. ‘17 Restrictions on taking water ‘ (1) Water may be taken from a waterhole or lake only if the level of water in the waterhole or lake is above the level that is 0.5m below the level at which it naturally overflows. ‘ (2) Subsection (1) does not apply— (a) to water taken under— (i) an authorisation in existence immediately before the commencement of this plan; or (ii) a water allocation converted from an authorisation in existence immediately before the commencement of this plan; or (b) to water taken for stock or domestic purposes; or (c) to the taking of not more than the volume required to irrigate 10 ha of crops for feeding stock. ‘18 Amending existing authorisations for consistency with plan ‘The criteria for amending water entitlements in existence on the commencement of this plan to achieve the plan outcomes are stated in schedule 4.’. 23 Replacement of pt 5, div 2 Part 5, division 2— omit, insert—

s 23 13 s 23 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 ‘Division 2—Conversion of authorisations to water allocations ‘Subdivision 1—General provisions ‘19 Application of div 2 ‘This division applies only to— (a) authorisations converted, under the resource operations plan, to water allocations; and (b) water allocations converted, under the resource operations plan, from authorisations. ‘19A Location for taking water ‘The location, for taking water, stated on a water allocation must contain the place at which water could have been taken under the authorisation. ‘Subdivision 2—Supplemented water ‘20 Nominal volume for supplemented water ‘The nominal volume for a water allocation to take supplemented water is— (a) for an authorisation that states an area that may be irrigated—the volume decided by the chief executive having regard to the volume that is not more than the volume, in megalitres, calculated by multiplying the area, in hectares, by 6; and (b) for an authorisation that states an annual volume— (i) if the authorisation is identified in an interim resource operations licence as for a distribution loss—the volume decided by the chief executive having regard to— (A) the stated volume; and (B) the annual volumes of water estimated by the chief executive to have been taken under the authorisation during the period, of not more than 10 years,

s 24 14 s 25 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 immediately before the commencement of this plan; and (C) the efficiency of the use of the water mentioned in subsubparagraph (B); or (ii) otherwise—the stated volume. ‘20A Priority groups for water allocations ‘A water allocation to take supplemented water belongs to— (a) for an authorisation identified by an interim resource operations licence as high priority—the high priority group; and (b) for an authorisation, held by Rockhampton City Council for town water supply purposes, in the Fitzroy Barrage Water Supply Scheme—the high priority group; and (c) for an authorisation supplied from the Theodore or Gibber Gunyah area channels in the Dawson Valley Water Supply Scheme—the medium A priority group; and (d) to the extent allowed under the rules for conversion contained in the resource operations plan, for the part of an authorisation, in the Dawson Valley Water Supply Scheme, that is for stock or domestic purposes—the high priority group; and (e) for an authorisation identified in the resource operations plan as belonging to a priority group mentioned in schedule 3, part 1—the priority group mentioned; and (f) for all other authorisations—the medium priority group.’. 24 Omission of pt 5, div 3, hdg (Water allocations for water project areas) Part 5, division 3, heading— omit . 25 Amendment of s 21 (Total water allocations for water project areas) (1) Section 21, heading, ‘project areas’—

s 26 15 s 27 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 omit, insert— ‘supply schemes’. (2) Section 21(1), ‘project areas referred to in schedule 11’— omit, insert— ‘supply schemes mentioned in schedule 5’. (3) Section 21(1)(a), ‘nominal allocations’— omit, insert— ‘nominal volumes’. (4) Section 21(1)(a), ‘project area’— omit, insert— ‘supply scheme’. (5) Section 21(1)(b), ‘schedule 11’— omit, insert— ‘schedule 5’. (6) Section 21(2)— omit, insert— ‘ (2) The total volume of water for the Callide Valley Water Supply Scheme is the total of— (a) the volume calculated, for the scheme, under subsection (1); and (b) the volume released from the Callide and Kroombit dams for underground water recharge purposes.’. 26 Omission of pt 5, div 4 (Changing authorisations) Part 5, division 4— omit . 27 Renumbering of ss 19A–21 Sections 19A, 20, 20A and 21— renumber as sections 20 to 23.

s 28 16 s 28 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 28 Replacement of pt 5, divs 5 and 6, and pt 6 Part 5, divisions 5 and 6, and part 6— omit, insert— ‘Subdivision 3—Unsupplemented water ‘23A Nominal volume for unsupplemented water ‘In deciding the nominal volume for a water allocation, the chief executive— (a) must have regard to— (i) the local availability of water; and (ii) the conditions under which the water may be taken under the authorisation; and (iii) the simulated mean annual diversion; and (b) may have regard to the efficiency of the use of the water. ‘23B Volumetric limit for unsupplemented water ‘The volumetric limit for taking water under a water allocation to take unsupplemented water is the volumetric limit, for a year, decided by the chief executive having regard to— (a) for an authorisation that states an area that may be irrigated—the volume that is not more than the volume, in megalitres, calculated by multiplying the area, in hectares, by 6; and (b) for an authorisation for water harvesting in an area mentioned in schedule 3, part 2, column 1—the maximum rate for taking the water, decided under section 26, multiplied by the number of days stated for the area in schedule 3, part 2, column 3; and (c) for any other authorisation—the terms and conditions of the authorisation.

s 28 17 s 28 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 ‘23C Maximum rate for taking unsupplemented water ‘The maximum rate at which water may be taken under a water allocation to take unsupplemented water is the rate decided by the chief executive having regard to— (a) the terms and conditions under which water may be taken under the authorisation including— (i) the rate stated on the authorisation; and (ii) the pump size for the authorisation; and (iii) the area that may be irrigated under the authorisation; and (b) the works associated with the authorisation. ‘Division 3—Dealing with unallocated water ‘24 Limitation on granting unallocated water ‘ (1) Unallocated water may be granted under a process stated in the resource operations plan. ‘ (2) Otherwise, unallocated water may be granted only if— (a) granting the water does not adversely affect meeting the environmental flow objectives or water allocation security objectives; and (b) the water is— (i) for the proposed Nathan Dam project; or (ii) for the water supply schemes, and in the volumes, stated in schedule 5. ‘ (3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not prevent the grant of a water permit under section 240 of the Act. ‘25 Water for proposed Nathan Dam project ‘ (1) For the proposed Nathan Dam project, a total volume of 190 000 ML may be granted for water allocations in the medium priority group. ‘ (2) However, subsection (1) is based on the assumptions that—

s 28 18 s 28 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 (a) a dam with a capacity of 880 000 ML is constructed on the Dawson River at AMTD 315.3 km; and (b) a weir with a capacity of 6 000 ML is constructed on the Dawson River at AMTD 30.1 km; and (c) the infrastructure and operating arrangements proposed for the Nathan Dam Project will have an equivalent or improved environmental or water allocation security outcome as the arrangements represented by case 0299DY3 of the Fitzroy Basin IQQM computer program. ‘ (3) The chief executive may grant an equivalent volume in a different priority group if meeting the environmental flow objectives or the water allocation security objectives is not adversely affected. ‘ (4) Changes to the assumptions mentioned in subsection (2) may be made only if the changes do not adversely affect meeting the environmental flow objectives or the water allocation security objectives. ‘PART 6—MONITORING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ‘PART 7—IMPLEMENTING THIS PLAN ‘27A Implementation schedule ‘ (1) This section states— (a) the proposed arrangements for implementing this plan; and (b) the priorities for the conversion to or granting of water allocations. ‘ (2) By 30 June 2004, it is proposed to prepare a resource operations plan to convert authorisations in the following parts of the plan area to water allocations, and to state the management arrangements for the water to which the allocations apply— (a) the Nogoa and Mackenzie rivers from Fairbairn Dam to the Mackenzie River’s junction with the Dawson River;

s 28 19 s 28 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 (b) the Dawson River from Glebe Weir to its junction with the Fitzroy River; (c) the Fitzroy River from its junction with the Dawson River to the Fitzroy Barrage. ‘ (3) If there is an economic effect from a decline in the performance of existing authorisations for water harvesting from the Dawson River downstream of the proposed Nathan Dam, the resource operations plan must be amended or a new resource operations plan must be prepared to address the economic effect by, for example— (a) amending the terms or conditions of the authorisations; or (b) converting the authorisations to water allocations for taking water from the proposed Nathan Dam. ‘ (4) By 31 December 2007, it is proposed to prepare a new resource operations plan or amend the plan mentioned in subsection (2) or (3) to convert authorisations in the remaining parts of the plan area to water allocations, and to state the management arrangements for the water to which the allocations apply.’. ‘PART 8—MINISTER’S REPORT AND AMENDING PLAN ‘28 Minister’s report on plan—Act, s 53 ‘A report 2 under section 53 of the Act must be prepared— (a) for each financial year the plan is in force; and (b) within 6 months after the end of the financial year to which the report relates. ‘29 Minor or stated amendments of plan—Act, s 57 ‘The following types of amendments may be made to this plan under section 57(b) of the Act— 2 See section 54 (Matters the reports must include) of the Act.

s 28 20 s 28 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 (a) an amendment of section 29 in relation to water monitoring and reporting requirements for resource operations licence holders; (b) an amendment of section 30 in relation to water and natural ecosystem monitoring requirements; (c) an amendment of schedule 2, part 1— (i) to add nodes at which the seasonal base flow objectives apply and the base flows and values of the seasonal base flow performance indicators for the nodes; or (ii) to add nodes at which the first post-winter flow event objectives apply; or (iii) to amend the specification of the seasonal base flow performance indicators, but only if the amendment achieves an equivalent or improved environmental outcome and does not affect— (A) water allocations in the plan area; or (B) other objectives of this plan; (d) an amendment of schedule 2, part 2, only if the amendment achieves an equivalent or improved environmental outcome but does not adversely affect— (i) water allocations in the plan area; or (ii) other outcomes of this plan; (e) an amendment of schedule 3, part 1— (i) to add new water allocation priority groups for supplemented water supplies within existing or future water supply schemes; or (ii) to include additional water allocation security objectives for new water allocation priority groups added under subparagraph (i); or (iii) to amend a water allocation security objective if the amendment does not adversely affect existing water allocations, environmental flow objectives or the outcomes of this plan; (f) an amendment of schedule 3, part 2—

s 29 21 s 30 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 (i) to add locations at which the water allocation security objectives for unsupplemented water supplies apply and the values of the water allocation security performance indicators for the corresponding nodes; or (ii) to amend the specification or values of the water allocation security performance indicators only if the amendment achieves an equivalent water allocation security outcome but does not affect— (A) water allocations in the plan area; or (B) other objectives of this plan; or (iii) to re-arrange the water allocation security objectives into applicable water allocation groups and to include additional water allocation groups and water allocation security objectives for the groups; (g) an amendment of schedule 5 in relation to existing or future water supply schemes.’. 29 Renumbering of ss 23A–29 Sections 23A to 29— renumber as sections 24 to 33. 30 Amendment of sch 1 (Dictionary definitions) (1) Schedule 1, heading— omit, insert— ‘SCHEDULE 1 ‘DICTIONARY section 4’. (2) Schedule 1, definitions “authorisation”, “basin”, “catchment”, “COAG”, “Community Advisory Panel”, “confluence”, “consumptive”, “dam”, “degradation”, “destratification”, “discharge rate”, “domestic

s 30 22 s 30 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 purposes”, “ecosystem”, “environmental flow objective”, “estuarine”, “eutrophication”, “floodwater”, “flow regime”, “groundwater recharge”, “high priority water allocation”, “hydrograph”, “hydrologic model”, “hydrology”, “Integrated Quantity and Quality Modelling (IQQM)”, “lake”, “medium priority water allocation”, “ML (megalitre)”, “morphologic”, “morphology”, “multi-level offtakes”, “node”, “nominal allocation”, “objective”, “occupier”, “onfarm storage”, “outlet capacity”, “overland flow water”, “peak flow”, “performance indicator”, “plan area”, “pre-development flow pattern”, “priority group”, “rating table”, “regulated water”, “release rate”, “resource operations plan”, “riffle”, “security of water entitlement”, “spring”, “statutory plan”, “stock”, “storage capacity”, “stratification”, “taking”, “Technical Advisory Panel”, “threshold”, “transfer”, “tributary”, “trigger flow”, “unregulated water”, “volume of water allocation”, “water allocation”, “watercourse”, “water entitlement security objective”, “waterharvesting”, “waterhole”, “water infrastructure”, “water infrastructure operator”, “water operator”, “water project area”, “water release plan”, “water year” and “weir”— omit . (3) Schedule 1— insert — ‘ “authorisation” means a licence, permit, or other authority to take water, given under the Act or the repealed Act, other than a permit for stock or domestic purposes. “flow condition” , for a water allocation, means the flow that passes the point at which water is being taken under the allocation while the water is being taken. “IQQM computer program” means the department’s Integrated Quantity and Quality Modelling computer program, and associated modelling, statistical analysis and reporting programs, that simulate daily stream flows, flow management, storages, releases, instream infrastructure, water extractions, water demands and other hydrologic events in the plan area. “plan area” means the area shown as the plan area on the map in schedule 1. “pre-development flow pattern” means the pattern of water flows, during the simulation period, decided by the chief executive using the IQQM computer program as if—

s 31 23 s 32 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 (a) there were no dams or other water infrastructure on watercourses in the plan area; and (b) no water was taken under authorisations from watercourses or floodplains in the plan area. “seasonal base flow” , for a node, means the base flow for the node shown in schedule 2, part 1. “simulation period” means the period from 1 January 1900 to 31 December 1995. “supplemented water” means water supplied under an interim resource operations licence, resource operations licence or other authority to operate water infrastructure. “the resource operations plan” means the resource operations plan to implement this plan. “underground water recharge” means the replenishment of underground water by the infiltration of either surface water or water from a watercourse, lake or spring. “unsupplemented water” means water that is not supplemented water. “waterhole” means a part of a watercourse that contains water after the watercourse ceases to flow, other than a part of a watercourse that is within the storage area of a dam on the watercourse.’. (4) Schedule 1, definition “channel system”, ‘project area’— omit, insert— ‘supply scheme’. 31 Omission of sch 2 (Department of Natural Resources office locations) Schedule 2— omit . 32 Amendment of sch 3 (Map of plan area) Schedule 3, heading, ‘ Map of ’— omit .

s 33 24 s 35 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 33 Omission of sch 4 (Parts of the basin where resource operations plans will be prepared) Schedule 4— omit. 34 Amendment of sch 5 (Seasonal base flow objectives) (1) Schedule 5, heading— omit, insert— ‘SCHEDULE 5 ‘ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW OBJECTIVES sections 10 and 11 ‘PART 1—SEASONAL BASE FLOW OBJECTIVES’. (2) Schedule 5, item 1(a), ‘project areas’— omit, insert— ‘supply schemes’. 35 Insertion of new sch 5, pt 2 Schedule 5— insert— ‘PART 2—FIRST POST-WINTER FLOW EVENT OBJECTIVE ‘1 Definitions for pt 2 ‘In this part— “average flow volume” means the average of the volume ratios in the post-winter flow years in the simulation period.

s 35 25 s 35 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 “average peak flow” means the average of the peak flow ratios for the post-winter flow years in the simulation period. “daily flow” means the volume of water that flows past a node in a day. “days of flow 5-times base flow” means the number of days in a first post-winter flow event on which the daily flow is at least 5 times the seasonal base flow. “days of flow twice base flow” means the number of days in a first post-winter flow event on which the daily flow is at least twice the seasonal base flow. “event volume” — 1. “Event volume” means the total daily flows for a first post-winter flow event. 2. However, if the event volume calculated under paragraph 1 is greater than the volume of the estuary of the Fitzroy River, the event volume is the estuary volume. “first peak flow” — 1. “First peak flow” means the daily flow on the first day in a first post-winter flow event on which the flow reaches a peak. 2. However, if the “first peak flow” calculated under paragraph 1 is greater than the daily flow for a flow with a depth of 3 m (a “3-metre event” ), the first peak flow is the daily flow for a 3-metre event. “first post-winter flow event” — 1. “First post-winter flow event” means the first flow in a year at a node that— (a) starts between 15 September and 10 April in the year; and (b) lasts for 21 days; and (c) the chief executive is satisfied meets the following criteria— (i) for a node other than node 0, the flow, within 6 days after its start, is greater than a flow with a depth of 1.5 m; (ii) for node 0, the flow at its start is at least 5 000 ML a day;

s 35 26 s 35 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 (iii) for a flow that starts in September, the water temperature is at least 23ºC; (iv) the flow, for a node, for the duration of the event, is greater than the seasonal base flow mentioned for the node in part 1; (v) for a node other than node 0, the first peak in the flow that is greater than a flow with a depth of 1.5 m happens within 6 days after the start of the event; (vi) for node 0, the event has an event volume greater than half the volume of the estuary of the Fitzroy River. 2. However, a “first post-winter flow event” does not include a flow that happens in a year in the simulation period for which a flow satisfying the requirements of paragraph 1 did not happen for the pre-development flow pattern. “flow duration (2-times base flow)” means the number of 2-times base flow events in the simulation period, expressed as a percentage of the number of post-winter flow years in the period. “flow duration (5-times base flow)” means the number of 5-times base flow events in the simulation period, expressed as a percentage of the number of post-winter flow years in the period. “number of first post-winter flows” means the number of first post-winter flow events in the simulation period expressed as a percentage of the number of post-winter flow years in the period. “number of flows within 2 weeks of the pre-development event” means the number of 2-week lag events in the simulation period, expressed as a percentage of the number of 4-week lag events in the period. “number of flows within 4 weeks of the pre-development event” means the number of 4-week lag events in the simulation period, expressed as a percentage of the number of post-winter flow years in the period. “peak flow ratio” means the first peak flow for a year expressed as a percentage of the first peak flow for the year for the pre-development flow pattern. “post-winter flow year” means a year in the simulation period in which a first post-winter flow event happens for the pre-development flow pattern.

s 35 27 s 35 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 “2-times base flow event” means a post-winter flow year in which the days of flow twice base flow are not more than 4 days fewer than the days of flow twice base flow in the year for the pre-development flow pattern. “5-times base flow event” , means a post-winter flow year in which the days of flow 5-times base flow are not more than 4 days fewer than the days of flow 5-times base flow in the year for the pre-development flow pattern. “volume ratio” means the event volume for a year, expressed as a percentage of the event volume for the year for the pre-development flow pattern. “2-week lag event” means a first post-winter flow event that starts within 2 weeks after the date the first post-winter flow event starts in the same year for the pre-development flow pattern. “4-week lag event” means a first post-winter flow event that starts within 4 weeks after the date the first post-winter flow event starts in the same year for the pre-development flow pattern. “year” means a period of 1 year beginning on 1 July. ‘2 Performance indicators ‘The performance indicators for the first post-winter flow event objective are the following— (a) number of first post-winter flows; (b) number of flows within 2 weeks of the pre-development event; (c) number of flows within 4 weeks of the pre-development event; (d) average flow volume; (e) average peak flow; (f) flow duration (2-times base flow); (g) flow duration (5-times base flow). ‘3 First post-winter flow event objectives ‘ (1) The first post-winter flow event objectives are that—

s 36 28 s 37 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 (a) first post-winter flow events that pass through dams, weirs, barrages, watercourses or lakes mimic the pre-development flow pattern of first post-winter flow events in duration, timing and magnitude; and (b) at each node mentioned in part 1, other than node 15— (i) the performance indicator mentioned in section 2(a) be at least 80%; and (ii) the performance indicator mentioned in section 2(b) be at least 50%; and (iii) the performance indicators mentioned in section 2(c) to (g) be at least 70%. ‘ (2) However— (a) the objectives for the performance indicator mentioned in section 2(d) apply only at node 0; and (b) the objectives for the performance indicator mentioned in section 2(e) do not apply at node 0.’. 36 Omission of sch 6 (First post-winter flow event objective) Schedule 6— omit. 37 Amendment of sch 7 (Medium to high flow event objectives) (1) Schedule 7, item 2(d) to (f), ‘flow events’— omit, insert— ‘flows’. (2) Schedule 7, item 3, ‘pre-development conditions’— omit, insert— ‘pre-development flow pattern’. (3) Schedule 7, heading— omit, insert—

s 38 29 s 38 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 ‘PART 3—MEDIUM TO HIGH FLOW EVENT OBJECTIVES’. 38 Amendment of sch 8 (Water entitlement security objectives for regulated water supplies) (1) Schedule 8, heading— omit, insert— ‘SCHEDULE 8 ‘WATER ALLOCATION SECURITY OBJECTIVES sections 12 and 13 ‘PART 1—SUPPLEMENTED WATER’. (2) Schedule 8, ‘entitlement’— omit, insert— ‘allocation’. (3) Schedule 8, ‘regulated’— omit, insert— ‘supplemented’. (4) Schedule 8, item 1, ‘project areas’— omit, insert— ‘supply schemes’. (5) Schedule 8, ‘schedule 4’— omit, insert— ‘schedule 5’. (6) Schedule 8, item 1(a) and (b)— omit, insert —

s 39 30 s 39 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 (a) for medium priority water allocations, that the water allocation security performance indicator for the simulation period be between 82% and 88%; and (b) for medium A priority water allocations in the Dawson Valley Water Supply Scheme, that the water allocation security performance indicator for the simulation period be between 82% and 88%; and (c) for high priority water allocations, that the water allocation security performance indicator for the simulation period be between 95% and 100%.’. (7) Schedule 8, item 2, ‘project area’— omit, insert— ‘supply scheme’. (8) Schedule 8, item 2, ‘water users’— omit, insert— ‘water allocations’. 39 Insertion of new sch 8, pt 2 Schedule 8— insert— ‘PART 2—UNSUPPLEMENTED WATER ‘ 1. The performance indicators for the water allocation security objectives are— (a) the number of days water would have been taken in the 30th percentile wettest year in the simulation period under an allocation to take water at a place, and if a purpose is mentioned, for a purpose, stated in column 1 and with the flow condition stated, for the place, in column 2; and (b) the number of days water would have been taken in the 50th percentile wettest year in the simulation period under an allocation to take water at a place, and if a purpose is mentioned,

s 39 31 s 39 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 for a purpose, stated in column 1 and with the flow condition stated, for the place, in column 2; and (c) the number of days water would have been taken in the 75th percentile wettest year in the simulation period under an allocation to take water at a place, and if a purpose is mentioned, for a purpose, stated in column 1 and with the flow condition stated, for the place, in column 2. ‘ 2. The water allocation security objectives are that— (a) for a performance indicator mentioned in item 1(a)—water would have been taken for not less than the number of days stated, for the place and flow condition, in column 3; and (b) for a performance indicator mentioned in item 1(b)—water would have been taken for not less than the number of days stated, for the place and flow condition, in column 4; and (c) for a performance indicator mentioned in item 1(c)—water would have been taken for not less than the number of days stated, for the place and flow condition, in column 5. ‘ 3. A water allocation at a place mentioned in column 1, for the Nogoa Mackenzie Water Management Area or the Fitzroy Water Management Area, belongs to the water allocation group stated, for the water allocation, in column 6. ‘ 4. In this part, a reference to a column is a reference to the column in the table for this part.

s 39 32 s 39 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 ‘ TABLE FOR PART 2 ‘ Nogoa Mackenzie Water Management Area Column 1 Column 2 Column Column Column Column 345 6 Place Flow condition 30th %ile year 50th %ile year 75th Water %ile allocation year group Mackenzie River from the Isaac Mackenzie water harvesting upstream limit at AMTD 465.5 km to its junction with the Dawson River at AMTD 310.3 km 2 592 ML/day 26 days 24 days 20 days class 1A 4 320 ML/day 23 days 21 days 15 days class 1B Nogoa and Mackenzie rivers from the Comet Mackenzie water harvesting upstream limit at AMTD 615.1 km to the Isaac Mackenzie water harvesting limit at AMTD 465.5 km 2 592 ML/day 22 days 18 days 8 days 4 320 ML/day 17 days 14 days 6 days class 2A class 2B Nogoa River from its junction with Theresa Creek at 649 km to the Comet Mackenzie water harvesting upstream limit at AMTD 615.1 km 2 592 ML/day 12 days 7 days 2 days class 3A

s 39 33 s 39 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 Column 1 Place Nogoa River from Fairbairn Dam (including the ponded area) at AMTD 737.5 km to its junction with Theresa Creek at AMTD 649 km (The performance of water harvesting in this reach is not stated as it relies solely on the spilling of Fairbairn Dam, which occurs in fewer than 30% of years. ) Mackenzie River from its junction with Springton Creek at AMTD 339.3 km to its junction with the Dawson River at AMTD 310.3 km Column 2 Column Column Column Column 345 6 Flow condition 30th %ile year 50th %ile year 75th Water %ile allocation year group 2 592 ML/day no flow 80 days 70 days 60 days class 4C condition and 9 ML/day

s 39 34 s 39 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 ‘ Fitzroy Water Management Area Column 1 Column 2 Column Column Column Column 345 6 Place Flow condition 30th %ile year 50th %ile year 75th Water %ile allocation year group Fitzroy River from its junction with the Dawson River at AMTD 310.3 km to the Fitzroy Barrage at AMTD 59.6 km 2 592 ML/day 72 days 45 days 22 days class 5A 4 320 ML/day 42 days 35 days 21 days class 5B Fitzroy River from its junction with the Dawson River at AMTD 310.3 km to the upstream limit of Eden Bann Weir at AMTD 183.4 km no flow 102 98 days 95 days class 6C condition and days 9 ML/day 260 ML/day 70 days 58 days 47 days class 7D ‘ Other areas Column 1 Place and purpose Water harvesting on the Dawson River from AMTD 453.5 km to the Nathan Gorge Column 2 Column 3 Flow condition 30th %ile year water harvesting 24 days Column 4 50th %ile year 20 days Column 5 75th %ile year 10 days

s 40 35 s 41 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 Column 1 Place and purpose Water harvesting on the Dawson River below the Nathan Gorge (See section 31) Comet River downstream of AMTD 124 km Column 2 Column 3 Flow condition 30th %ile year water harvesting Water harvesting 24 days with a starting threshold less than 864 ML/day Column 4 50th %ile year 18 days Column 5 75th %ile year 10 days Water harvesting 20 days with a starting threshold equal to or greater than 864 ML/day 10 days 5 days’. 40 Omission of sch 9 (Water entitlement security objectives for unregulated water supplies) Schedule 9— omit. 41 Amendment of sch 10 (Criteria for amending existing authorisations that are not consistent with this plan) (1) Schedule 10, heading— omit, insert— ‘SCHEDULE 10 ‘CRITERIA FOR AMENDING AUTHORISATIONS section 18’.

s 42 36 s 42 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 (2) Schedule 10, item 1, ‘The following criteria will’— omit, insert— ‘One or more of the following criteria may’. (3) Schedule 10, item 1, ‘and where it is not proposed to prepare a resource operations plan for the area where the authorisation applies’— omit . (4) Schedule 10, item 1(a) and (b)— omit, insert— ‘(a) the volumetric limit decided under section 25; (b) the maximum rate at which water may be taken, decided under section 26;’. (5) Schedule 10, item 1(c), ‘rate of daily diversions’— omit, insert— ‘maximum rate at which water may be taken’. (6) Schedule 10, item 1(c), ‘will’— omit, insert— ‘may’. (7) Schedule 10, item 1(c)(i) and (ii), ‘schedule 5’— omit, insert— ‘schedule 2, part 1’. (8) Schedule 10, item 1(c)(iii), ‘authorisations for the taking of water’— omit, insert— ‘a water harvesting authorisation’. (9) Schedule 10, item 1(c)(iii), ‘; and’— omit, insert— ‘;’ 42 Replacement of sch 11 (Existing and future water project areas) Schedule 11—

s 42 37 s 42 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 omit, insert— ‘SCHEDULE 11 ‘EXISTING AND FUTURE WATER SUPPLY SCHEMES sections 23 and 27 ‘Existing water supply schemes Water supply scheme Dawson Valley Water Supply Scheme Unallocated volume 300 ML high priority at Neville Hewitt Weir Callide Water Supply Scheme — Description Dawson River —from Glebe Weir at AMTD 326.2 km (including the ponded area) to the control at the downstream end of the Boolburra waterhole at AMTD 18.37 km Callide Creek —from Callide Dam at AMTD 80.1 km (including the ponded area) to the junction of Callide Creek and the Callide Valley Railway Kroombit Creek —from Kroombit Dam at AMTD 68.8 km (including the ponded area) to its junction with Callide Creek Kariboe Creek —downstream of the Callide diversion channel

s 42 38 s 42 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 Water supply scheme Nogoa Mackenzie Water Supply Scheme Lower Fitzroy Water Supply Scheme Fitzroy Barrage Water Supply Scheme Unallocated volume 1 500 ML high priority from Bedford Weir to above Bingegang Weir 1 500 ML high priority from Bingegang Weir to the junction of Isaacs River 45 ML of high priority from Fairbairn Dam 155 ML medium priority from Fairbairn Dam — 575 ML medium priority Description Nogoa River —from Fairbairn Dam at AMTD 685.6 km (including the ponded area) to its junction with the Comet River at AMTD 611.5 km Mackenzie River —from its junction with the Comet River at 611.5 km to its junction with Springton Creek at AMTD 339.3 km Fitzroy River —from Eden Bann Weir at AMTD 141.2 km (including the ponded area) to the upstream limit of the Fitzroy Barrage at AMTD 115 km Fitzroy River —Fitzroy River Barrage at AMTD 59.6 km (including the ponded area) ‘Future water supply schemes Water supply scheme Nathan Dam Project (See section 31.) Unallocated volume — Description Dawson Rive r—from the proposed Nathan Dam at AMTD 315.3 km (including the ponded area) to its junction with the Fitzroy River at AMTD 0 km’.

s 43 39 s 43 Water Allocation and Management (Fitzroy Basin) No. 342, 2003 Amendment Plan (No. 1) 2003 43 Renumbering of schs 1–11 Schedules 1, 3, 5, 8, 10 and 11— renumber and relocate as schedules 6, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively. ENDNOTES 1. Approved by Governor in Council on 11 December 2003. 2. Notified in the gazette on 12 December 2003. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Natural Resources and Mines. © State of Queensland 2003