Water and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2007 (Qld)

Queensland Water and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2007 Subordinate Legislation 2007 No. 344 made under the WaterAct2000 FisheriesAct1994 Contents Part 1 1 Part 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Page Preliminary Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of Water Regulation 2002 Regulation amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of s 55 (Water declared to be water in a watercourse—Act, s 1006(2)). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Insertion of new s 60A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 60A Prescribed organisation and program—Act, s 1014. . 3 Amendment of s 62 (Code for self-assessable development—Act, s 1014) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Amendment of s 75 (Declaration of metered entitlements) . . . . . 4 Amendment of sch 4 (Seasonal water assignments) . . . . . . . . . . 4 Amendment of sch 10 (Water sharing rules) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Amendment of sch 11 (Subartesian areas) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Amendment of sch 14 (Water charges) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Replacement of sch 15A (Metered entitlements) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Schedule 15A Metered entitlements Amendment of sch 16 (Fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Part 3 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 2 Water and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation No. 344, 2007 (No. 2) 2007 Amendment of Fisheries Regulation 1995 Regulation amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 57 (Resource allocation authority) . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 79 (Carrying out particular work in declared fish habit area) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 113B (Codes for building work in declared fish habitat area). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 113E (Codes for operational work completely or partly within a declared fish habitat area) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 113F (Codes for operational work that is the removal, destruction or damage of marine plants) . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of sch 9 (Fees relating to development under Planning Act) .................................. Amendment of sch 17 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 10 10 11 11 11 12 12

s1 3 s4 Water and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation No. 344, 2007 (No. 2) 2007 Part 1 Preliminary 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Water and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 2) 2007 . Part 2 Amendment of Water Regulation 2002 2 Regulation amended in pt 2 This part amends the Water Regulation 2002. 3 Amendment of s 55 (Water declared to be water in a watercourse—Act, s 1006(2)) Section 55, ‘the bed or banks of’— omit. 4 Insertion of new s 60A After section 60— insert— ‘60A Prescribed organisation and program—Act, s 1014 ‘(1) Cotton Australia Limited is prescribed as the organisation that may provide the accredited farm management system program mentioned in subsection (2). ‘(2) The farm management system program called ‘Cotton Best Management Practices Program’ and administered by Cotton Australia Limited is prescribed as an accredited farm management system program. ‘(3) In this section—

s5 4 s9 Water and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation No. 344, 2007 (No. 2) 2007 Cotton Australia Limited means Cotton Australia Limited ACN 054 122 879.’. 5 Amendment of s 62 (Code for self-assessable development—Act, s 1014) Section 62(b)(ii), ‘Small Scale Storages’— omit, insert— ‘Limited Capacity Works’. 6 Amendment of s 75 (Declaration of metered entitlements) Section 75— insert— ‘(3) Also, a seasonal water assignment notice for taking water in a part of the State mentioned in schedule 15A, column 1, and given in relation to a metered entitlement mentioned in schedule 15A, column 2 for the part, is a metered entitlement .’. 7 Amendment of sch 4 (Seasonal water assignments) Schedule 4, entry for Bundaberg groundwater management area, ‘Bundaberg’— omit, insert— ‘Coastal Burnett’. 8 Amendment of sch 10 (Water sharing rules) Schedule 10, entry for Bundaberg groundwater management area, ‘Bundaberg’— omit, insert— ‘Coastal Burnett’. 9 Amendment of sch 11 (Subartesian areas) (1) Schedule 11, entry for Bowen subartesian area, ‘AP10055’—

s 10 5 s 10 Water and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation No. 344, 2007 (No. 2) 2007 omit, insert— ‘AP13528’. (2) Schedule 11, entry for Bundaberg subartesian area— omit. (3) Schedule 11, entry for Cattle Creek subartesian area, ‘domestic purposes’— omit, insert— ‘stock or domestic purposes’. 10 Amendment of sch 14 (Water charges) Schedule 14, entry for Bundaberg groundwater management area—

s 11 6 s 11 Water and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation No. 344, 2007 (No. 2) 2007 omit, insert— ‘Coastal Burnett groundwater management area 30 June Minimum charge for taking groundwater under a water entitlement—$106.80 For taking groundwater under a water entitlement in the Kolan Burnett groundwater sub-area, Burnett-Elliot groundwater sub-area or Elliot-Gregory groundwater sub-area under the Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan 2000 (the Burnett plan ) or the Fairymead groundwater sub-area under the Burnett plan north of the Elliott River— (a) part A—$3.10 (b) part B—$1.03 For taking groundwater under a water entitlement in the Elliot-Gregory groundwater sub-area under the Burnett plan or the Fairymead groundwater sub-area under the Burnett plan south of the Elliott River— (a) part A—nil (b) part B—$1.51’. 11 Replacement of sch 15A (Metered entitlements) Schedule 15A— omit, insert—

s 11 7 s 11 Water and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation No. 344, 2007 (No. 2) 2007 ‘Schedule 15A Metered entitlements section 75 Column 1 Column 2 Part of the State Authorisation Cooloola Sandmass subartesion All water licences, other than water area under the Water Resource licence 190197 and water licence (Mary Basin) Plan 2006 190200 Gilbert River catchment area All water licences, other than licences under the Water Resource (Gulf) for stock or domestic purposes only Plan 2007 Mulgildie management area All water licences under the Water Resource (Great Artesian Basin) Plan 2006 Pioneer groundwater management area All water licences, other than licences in relation to which a meter was installed before 11 December 2006 The area of the basalt aquifer All water licences, other than licences within the local government area for stock or domestic purposes only of the Toowoomba City Council The plan area of the ‘Barron All water licences, other than licences Resource Operations Plan 2005’ for stock or domestic purposes only The plan area of the Water All water licences, other than licences Resource (Mitchell) Plan 2007 for stock or domestic purposes only The plan area of the Water Resource (Moonie) Plan 2003 Water allocation 1AP13210 Water allocation 3AP13210 Water allocation 5AP13210 Water allocation 6AP13210 Water allocation 11AP13210

s 11 8 s 11 Water and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation No. 344, 2007 (No. 2) 2007 Column 1 Column 2 Part of the State Authorisation Water allocation 14AP13210 Water licence 56005R The plan area of the ‘Boyne River All water licences Basin Resource Operations Plan 2003’ The plan area of the Water Resource (Warrego, Paroo, Bulloo and Nebine) Plan 2003 Water allocation 2AP13211 Water allocation 6AP13211 Water allocation 7AP13211 Water allocation 11AP13211 Water allocation 18AP13211 Water allocation 24AP13211 Water allocation 25AP13211 Water allocation 30AP13211 Water allocation 46AP13211 Weir River Water licences 43410H and 47879H Water licences 38176H and 47958H Water licence 47901H Water licence 47902H Water licences 47968H and 47969H Water licences 47967H and 47997H Water licence 39934H Water licences 48000H and 54001H Water licence 54149H Water licence 43572H Water licence 56626H

s 12 9 s 12 Water and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation No. 344, 2007 (No. 2) 2007 Column 1 Column 2 Part of the State Authorisation Water licence 179741 Water licences 47943H and 54196H Water licence 47999H Water licence 102524 Water licences 47831H and 47832H Water licence 54024H Water licence 47998H Water licences 47929H Water licence 47935H Wide Bay Creek subcatchment area under the Water Resource (Mary Basin) Plan 2006 All water licences, other than licences for stock or domestic purposes only Widgee Creek subcatchment area All water licences, other than licences under the Water Resource (Mary for stock or domestic purposes only Basin) Plan 2006 Zone C of the Fitzroy River, identified in the ‘Fitzroy Basin Resource Operations Plan 2006’, attachment 2.3 Water allocation 216/AP6829 Zones D and E of the Fitzroy River, identified in the ‘Fitzroy Basin Resource Operations Plan 2006’, attachment 2.3 All water allocations’. 12 Amendment of sch 16 (Fees) Schedule 16, item 1—

s 13 10 s 15 Water and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation No. 344, 2007 (No. 2) 2007 omit, insert— ‘1 Application for approval of land and water management plan (Act, s 74(3)(c))— (a) approving a farm management system as a land and water management plan— (i) for a new plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.75 (ii) for a previously approved plan, if paragraph (d) does not apply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.75 (b) approving a new plan, if paragraph (a)(i) does not apply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183.80 (c) approving a previously approved plan, if paragraph (a)(ii) and (d) do not apply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.30 (d) approving a previously approved plan, if the plan to be approved applies to additional land or provides for a different or additional irrigation method . . . . . . 122.60’. Part 3 Amendment of Fisheries Regulation 1995 13 Regulation amended in pt 3 This part amends the Fisheries Regulation 1995. 14 Amendment of s 57 (Resource allocation authority) Section 57(1)(a), ‘table 1, item 3(b) or (c) or table 4, item 3(b) or (c)’— omit, insert— ‘table 1, item 3(b), (c) or (d) or table 4, item 3(b), (c), (d) or (e)’. 15 Amendment of s 79 (Carrying out particular work in declared fish habit area) (1) Section 79, heading, ‘habit’—

s 16 11 s 18 Water and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation No. 344, 2007 (No. 2) 2007 omit, insert— ‘ habitat ’. (2) Section 79— insert— ‘(2) Subsection (3) applies for carrying out, in a declared fish habitat area, development mentioned in both of the following— (a) the Planning Act, schedule 8, part 2, table 1, item 3(d) or table 4, item 3(d) or (e); (b) schedule 1, table 3 of the minor impact works code. ‘(3) A person may carry out the development in the declared fish habitat area only if the person holds a resource allocation authority authorising the person to interfere with the declared fish habitat area.’. 16 Amendment of s 113B (Codes for building work in declared fish habitat area) Section 113B— insert– ‘(c) the minor impact works code.’. 17 Amendment of s 113E (Codes for operational work completely or partly within a declared fish habitat area) Section 113E— insert– ‘(d) the minor impact works code.’. 18 Amendment of s 113F (Codes for operational work that is the removal, destruction or damage of marine plants) Section 113F— insert– ‘(f) the minor impact works code.’.

s 19 12 s 20 Water and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation No. 344, 2007 (No. 2) 2007 19 Amendment of sch 9 (Fees relating to development under Planning Act) Schedule 9, part 1, item 1(b), ‘table 1, item 3(b) or (c) or table 4, item 3(b) or (c)’— omit, insert— ‘table 1, item 3(b), (c) or (d) or table 4, item 3(b), (c), (d) or (e)’. 20 Amendment of sch 17 (Definitions) Schedule 17, part 2— insert— ‘ minor impact works code means the code for the PlanningAct made by the department, called ‘Code for self-assessable development—Minor impact works in a declared fish habitat area or involving the removal, destruction or damage of marine plants’, numbered MP06.’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 13 December 2007. 2 Notified in the gazette on 14 December 2007. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Natural Resources and Water. © State of Queensland 2007