Water Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 2003 No. 13 Water Act 2000 WATER AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 1) 2003 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Commencement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Insertion of new s 14A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 14A When water licence fee is payable. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 Amendment of s 23 (Conditions of water bore driller’s licence—Act, s 302) 4 6 Amendment of s 52 (Requirements for decommissioning a water bore— Act, s 817) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 7 Amendment of sch 4 (Seasonal water assignments) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8 Replacement of sch 5 (Catchment areas) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 SCHEDULE 5 CATCHMENT AREAS 9 Amendment of sch 7 (Drainage rates). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 10 Replacement of sch 11 (Subartesian areas). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 SCHEDULE 11 SUBARTESIAN AREAS 11 Replacement of sch 14 (Water charges) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 SCHEDULE 14 WATER CHARGES

2 Water Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 13, 2003 12 Amendment of sch 16 (Fees). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 13 Amendment of sch 17 (Dictionary). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

s1 3 s4 Water Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 13, 2003 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Water Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 . 2 Commencement (1) Section 9 commences on 1 April 2003. (2) Sections 4 and 12 commence on 7 April 2003. 3 Regulation amended This regulation amends the Water Regulation 2002. 4 Insertion of new s 14A After section 14— insert — ‘14A When water licence fee is payable ‘ (1) The water licence fee mentioned in schedule 16, item 18, is payable— (a) on an application— (i) for a water licence under section 206 of the Act; or (ii) to amend a water licence under section 216 of the Act, only if the amendment extends the period of the licence; or (iii) to renew a water licence under section 220 of the Act; or (iv) to reinstate a water licence under section 221 of the Act; or (v) to amalgamate 2 or more water licences under section 224 of the Act; or (vi) to subdivide a water licence under section 225 of the Act; or (vii) for 1 or more replacement water licences under section 229 of the Act; or (b) on the grant of a water licence under section 212 or section 1046 of the Act.

s5 4 s8 Water Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 13, 2003 ‘ (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a water licence to take supplemented water. ‘ (3) The fee mentioned in subsection (1) is payable, on the application or grant, for the whole of the licence period.’. 5 Amendment of s 23 (Conditions of water bore driller’s licence—Act, s 302) Section 23(1)(a), ‘Standards’— omit, insert— ‘Requirements’. 6 Amendment of s 52 (Requirements for decommissioning a water bore—Act, s 817) Section 52(a), ‘Standards’— omit, insert— ‘Requirements’. 7 Amendment of sch 4 (Seasonal water assignments) Schedule 4— insert— ‘Dumaresq River water management area water licence to take supplemented water from a watercourse flowing from Glenlyon Dam Dumaresq River water management area seasonal water assignment rules’. 8 Replacement of sch 5 (Catchment areas) Schedule 5— omit, insert—

s8 5 s8 Water Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 13, 2003 ‘SCHEDULE 5 ‘CATCHMENT AREAS section 16 Column 1 Catchment area Atkinson Dam catchment area Bill Gunn Dam catchment area Bjelke-Petersen Dam catchment area Burdekin Falls Dam catchment area Burnett Barrage catchment area Callide Dam catchment area Cedar Pocket Dam catchment area Coolmunda Dam catchment area Eungella Dam catchment area Fairbairn Dam catchment area Fred Haigh Dam catchment area Glenlyon Dam catchment area Kinchant Dam catchment area Kolan Barrage catchment area Leslie Dam catchment area Maroon Dam catchment area Moogerah Dam catchment area Column 2 Plan AP 10024 AP 10006 AP 10007 AP 10008 AP 10009 AP 10010 AP 10011 AP 10012 AP 10013 AP 10014 AP 10025 AP 10015 AP 10016 AP 10017 AP 10018 AP 10019 AP 10020

s 9 6 s 10 Water Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 13, 2003 Column 1 Catchment area Peter Faust Dam catchment area Tinaroo Falls Dam catchment area Wivenhoe Dam catchment area Column 2 Plan AP 10021 AP 10023 AP 10022’. 9 Amendment of sch 7 (Drainage rates) (1) Schedule 7, entry for Burdekin River drainage area, ‘$16.72’— omit, insert— ‘$17.25’. (2) Schedule 7, entries for Dawson Valley, Emerald and St George drainage areas, ‘$16.80’— omit, insert— ‘$17.30’. 10 Replacement of sch 11 (Subartesian areas) Schedule 11— omit, insert—

s 10 7 s 10 Water Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 13, 2003 ‘SCHEDULE 11 ‘SUBARTESIAN AREAS section 70 Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Area and plan Licence not required Works not assessable Atherton subartesian domestic purposes area on plan AP 10051 Bluewater subartesian area on plan AP 10053 — Bowen subartesian area stock or domestic on plan AP 10055 purposes Bundaberg subartesian area on plan AP 10062 — Burdekin subartesian stock or domestic area on plan AP 10054 purposes Cairns Coast subartesian area on plan AP 10052 stock or domestic purposes Callide subartesian area domestic purposes on plan AP 10059 Cattle Creek subartesian area on plan AP 10060 domestic purposes Clarendon subartesian stock or domestic area on plan AP 10066 purposes domestic purposes — stock or domestic purposes — stock or domestic purposes stock or domestic purposes stock or domestic purposes domestic purposes stock or domestic purposes

s 10 8 s 10 Water Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 13, 2003 Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Area and plan Licence not required Works not assessable Cook subartesian area stock or domestic on plan AP 10049 purposes Cressbrook Creek subartesian area on plan AP 10064 stock or domestic purposes Duck Farm subartesian area on plan AP 10049 — Eastern Downs subartesian area on plan AP 10069 stock or domestic purposes Farnborough subartesian area on plan AP 10058 stock or domestic purposes Fitzroy subartesian area on plan AP 10068 — Fraser Island subartesian area on plan AP 10063 domestic purposes Great Artesian Basin subartesian area on plan AP 10071 domestic purposes Highlands subartesian stock or domestic area on plan AP 10070 purposes Monto subartesian area stock or domestic on plan AP 10061 purposes Moreton Island subartesian area on plan AP 10065 stock or domestic purposes stock or domestic purposes stock or domestic purposes — stock or domestic purposes stock or domestic purposes stock or domestic purposes domestic purposes — stock or domestic purposes stock or domestic purposes stock or domestic purposes

s 11 9 s 11 Water Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 13, 2003 Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Area and plan Licence not required Works not assessable Mossman subartesian stock or domestic area on plan AP 10050 purposes North Stradbroke Island stock or domestic subartesian area on purposes plan AP 10067 Pioneer subartesian area stock or domestic on plan AP 10057 purposes Proserpine subartesian stock or domestic area on plan AP 10056 purposes stock or domestic purposes stock or domestic purposes stock or domestic purposes stock or domestic purposes’. 11 Replacement of sch 14 (Water charges) Schedule 14— omit, insert— ‘SCHEDULE 14 ‘WATER CHARGES section 58 Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Water Date water management area year ends Water charges Barker–Barambah Creeks water management area 30 June Water harvesting—$3 for each megalitre

s 11 10 s 11 Water Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 13, 2003 Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Water Date water management area year ends Water charges Barron River–Emerald Creek water management area 30 June Border Rivers groundwater management area 30 September Bowen–Broken Rivers water management area 30 June Bowen groundwater 31 December management area Boyne River water management area Bundaberg groundwater management area 30 June 30 June Water harvesting— (a) from Tinaroo Falls Dam or Barron River—$3 for each megalitre (b) from Emerald Creek above AMTD 14.300—$3 for each megalitre (c) from any other watercourse—$3 for each megalitre Minimum charge—$91.80 Part A—$1.03 Part B—$0.67 Water harvesting—$3 for each megalitre Minimum charge—$90.80 Part A—nil Part B—$4.28 Water harvesting—$3 for each megalitre Minimum charge—$92.85 Water from Gooburrum and Woongarra districts— (a) part A—$3.26 (b) part B—$4.23 Water from Barns district— (a) part A—nil (b) part B—$1.34

s 11 11 s 11 Water Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 13, 2003 Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Water Date water management area year ends Water charges Burdekin River groundwater management area 30 June Callide Valley groundwater management area (non-benefitted) 30 June Central Lockyer water management area Chinchilla Weir water management area Condamine groundwater management area Condamine River and Sandy Creek water management area Cressbrook Creek water management area 30 June 31 August 30 June 30 June 30 June Minimum charge—$91.30 For each water licence to take groundwater for which a bore has been installed— (a) with a nominal entitlement of not more than 25 ML—$91.30 (b) with a nominal entitlement of more than 25 ML—$412.80 Minimum charge groundwater—$91.80 for For taking groundwater—$1.11 for each megalitre of announced entitlement Water harvesting—$3 for each megalitre Water harvesting—$3 for each megalitre Minimum charge—$92.85 Part A—$1.03 Part B—$1.03 Water harvesting from Sandy Creek or Condamine River including North Branch—$3 for each megalitre Minimum charge—$91.80 Part A—nil Part B—$1.24

s 11 12 s 11 Water Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 13, 2003 Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Water Date water management area year ends Water charges Dawson River water 30 September management area Dumaresq River water management area 30 September Fitzroy River Barrage water management area 30 June Gowrie–Oakey Creek water management area Logan River water management area 30 June 30 June Water harvesting from Dawson River and Glebe Weir reservoir—$3 for each megalitre Water from a watercourse flowing from Glenlyon Dam— (a) part A—$7.02 (b) part B—$8.62 Water harvesting—$3 for each megalitre Minimum charge—$186.70 Water from Fitzroy River— (a) part A—$2.06 (b) $10.95 for each megalitre Water harvesting—$3 for each megalitre $72.20 for each water meter Water harvesting from Burnett Creek or Logan River—$3 for each megalitre

s 11 13 s 11 Water Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 13, 2003 Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Water Date water management area year ends Water charges Lower Balonne water management area 30 June Lower Burnett and Kolan Rivers water management area Lower Lockyer water management area Macintyre Brook water management area Nogoa Mackenzie water management area 30 June 30 April 30 September 30 June Oakey Creek groundwater management area 30 June Pioneer River water 30 June management area Water harvesting— (a) from a supplemented section of the Thuraggi watercourse or Thuraggi diversion channel—$3 for each megalitre (b) from Beardmore Dam or from any watercourse downstream of Beardmore Dam to the Queensland/New South Wales border—$3 for each megalitre Water harvesting—$3 for each megalitre Water harvesting—$3 for each megalitre Water harvesting—$3 for each megalitre Water harvesting from Lake Maraboon or Nogoa River or Mackenzie River to the junction with Springton Creek—$3 for each megalitre $82.55 for each water meter Water harvesting—$3 for each megalitre

s 12 14 s 12 Water Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 13, 2003 Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Water Date water management area year ends Water charges Three Moon Creek water management area 30 June Upper Burnett and Nogo Rivers water management area 30 June Upper Hodgson 30 June Creek groundwater management area Warrill Valley water 30 June management area Water harvesting—$3 for each megalitre Water harvesting from Nogo River or Burnett River—$3 for each megalitre $82.55 for each water meter Water harvesting— (a) from Reynolds Creek, Warrill Creek from its junction with Reynolds Creek or Bremer River from the junction of Warrill Creek downstream to Berry’s Lagoon—$3 for each megalitre (b) from Black Gully, Kent’s Lagoon, Normanby Gully, West Branch, Waroolaba Creek or the Upper Warrill systems—$3 for each megalitre’. 12 Amendment of sch 16 (Fees) (1) Schedule 16— insert— ‘17A. Water licence fee (Act, s 1014(2)(a))—for each year of the licence period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50.00’.

s 13 15 s 13 Water Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2003 No. 13, 2003 (2) Schedule 16, items 17A to 20— renumber as schedule 16, items 18 to 21. 13 Amendment of sch 17 (Dictionary) Schedule 17— insert— ‘ “supplemented water” means water supplied under an interim resource operations licence, resource operations licence or other authority to operate infrastructure.’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 6 February 2003. 2. Notified in the gazette on 7 February 2003. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Natural Resources and Mines. © State of Queensland 2003 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel and printed by the Government Printer