Water Resources Act 1989 (Qld)

WATER RESOURCES ACT 1989

Queensland WATER RESOURCES ACT 1989 Reprinted as in force on 28 February 2002 (includes amendments up to Act No. 75 of 2001) Warning—see last endnote for uncommenced amendments Reprint No. 4G This reprint is prepared by the Ofﬁce of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel Warning—This reprint is not an authorised copy

Information about this reprint This Act is reprinted as at 28 February 2002. The reprint shows the law as amended by all amendments that commenced on or before that day (Reprints Act 1992 s 5(c)). The reprint includes a reference to the law by which each amendment was made—see list of legislation and list of annotations in endnotes. This page is speciﬁc to this reprint. See previous reprints for information about earlier changes made under the Reprints Act 1992. A table of earlier reprints is included in the endnotes. Also see endnotes for information about— • when provisions commenced • provisions that have not commenced and are not incorporated in the reprint • editorial changes made in earlier reprints.

Queensland WATER RESOURCES ACT 1989 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 PART 2—VESTING OF RIGHTS IN CERTAIN WATER IN CROWN AND DECLARATION RE BED AND BANKS PART 3—ADMINISTRATION Division 1—General 6 Delegation by Minister . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 6A Appointment of authorised ofﬁcers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 6B Limitation of authorised ofﬁcer’s powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 6C Authorised ofﬁcer’s identity card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 6D Production or display of authorised ofﬁcer’s identity card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 7 Powers of authorised ofﬁcer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Division 2—Powers of chief executive 9 Powers with respect to works etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 11 Entry upon land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 15 Power to supply water by agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Division 4—Financial and other general provisions PART 3A—WATER MANAGEMENT PLANS Division 1—Preliminary PART 4—REGULATION AND CONTROL OF WATER, WATERCOURSES AND CERTAIN QUARRY MATERIALS Division 1—General provisions 28 Certain quarry material to be and remain property of Crown . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

2 Water Resources Act 1989 29 Wastage of water from artesian or subartesian bore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Supply of surplus water from artesian or subartesian bore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Ordinary riparian rights to use water. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Control of certain quarry material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 1A—Certain speciﬁc provisions about subartesian bores 37A Act applies to subartesian bores in declared subartesian areas . . . . . . . . . . . 37B Exemptions for small bores in declared subartesian areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 2—Licences 38 Offences about constructing works etc. and otherwise taking water without the authority of a licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Rights of non-riparian owner to licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Power of court upon conviction for an offence against s 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Alterations other than for repair or maintenance of works prohibited . . . . . 42 Application for licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Inquiry by chief executive and grant or refusal of application . . . . . . . . . . . 43A Certain decisions of the chief executive to be published in newspapers . . . . 43B Notice of decision about constructing or using artesian or subartesian bores ............................................... 44 Licences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Amended licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Renewal of licence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Transferring licences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Surrender of licence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48A Holder of driller’s licence to keep certain information about boreholes and give it to the chief executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Effect of disposal of subdivided land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Amendment, variation, cancellation, revocation or suspension of licence . . 50A Procedure for internal review of decision about driller’s licences . . . . . . . . 50B Stay of operation of original decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Appeal to Land Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Application for reduction in water entitlement or area of land . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Requirement as to licensing and employment of drillers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Licence in substitution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 27 28 29 29 29 30 33 35 35 36 39 41 41 42 45 45 46 46 47 47 48 49 50 51 53 54 54

3 Water Resources Act 1989 55 Duplicate or copy of lost or destroyed licence, permit or authority . . . . . . . Division 3—Permits 56 Power to issue permit to government department, other person or body to take water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Power to issue permit to construct or use works in the exercise of a right to use water under s 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Application for and issue of permit in respect of quarry material. . . . . . . . . 59 Procedure before dealing with controlled quarry material on Crown holding ............................................... 60 Rights to enter and remain on Crown land or holding under permit. . . . . . . 61 Sale of controlled quarry material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Sale of controlled quarry materials to fossicker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Royalty or price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Amendment, variation, cancellation, revocation or suspension of permit . . 64A Notice to stop unauthorised quarrying activities etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 4—Limitation on taking and use of water—unauthorised works 65 Limitation of times during which water may be taken under licence or permit ............................................... 66 Offences as to dealing with water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Powers of chief executive with respect to unauthorised works . . . . . . . . . . . Division 5—Protecting and improving the physical integrity of watercourses 68 Deﬁnitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Division binds the Crown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Destruction of vegetation, excavation or placing of ﬁll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Permit to destroy vegetation or to excavate or ﬁll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Matters to be considered by chief executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Cancellation of permit or amendment of terms of permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Suspension of permit in exceptional circumstances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Limited nature of permit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Notice to stop, or not engage in, a stated activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Notice to remove vegetation etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 54 55 56 59 60 62 62 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 68 68 70 71 72 73 74 74 75 76

4 Water Resources Act 1989 PART 5—SALE OF WATER ENTITLEMENTS PART 6—REFERABLE DAMS 91 Control of referable dams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Power of chief executive to declare certain works or proposed works to be a referable dam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Requirements by chief executive as to referable dam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Exemption of owner of referable dam from provisions of Act . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Protection against liability for failure or collapse of referable dam . . . . . . . PART 7—SPECIAL WORKS 96 Meaning of special works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Recommendation re certain works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Power of Governor in Council. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Application with respect to special works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Authority of Minister to make and enter into agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Approval of agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Effect of agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Recording agreement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 8—DESIGNATED AREAS PART 9—IRRIGATION UNDERTAKINGS AND AREAS Division 1—Irrigation undertakings Division 3—Water allocations in irrigation areas 120 Grant of water allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Licence for water allocation for land . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Surrender of nominal allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Chief executive’s power if nominal allocation land is subdivided . . . . . . . . PART 10A—BULK WATER SUPPLY IN SOUTH-EAST QUEENSLAND Division 1—Preliminary 215A Deﬁnitions for pt 10A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215B Application of pt 10A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 4—Protection of existing water allocations 215K Purpose of div 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215L Existing entitlements to water continue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 78 78 80 81 81 82 82 82 83 83 83 84 84 85 85 85 86 87 87 87

5 Water Resources Act 1989 PART 11—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Division 1—Proceedings for offences—offences 216 Proceedings for offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Saving of other proceedings and recovery of moneys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Obstruction of ofﬁcer or other person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Protection of information and reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Restriction on liability for offence by employee or agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221 Liability for offence by body corporate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Prohibition as to taking water on non-payment of charges therefor . . . . . . . 223 Unlawful taking, getting or removal of quarry material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Contravention of licences and certain permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 1A—Enforcement powers of authorised ofﬁcers and police ofﬁcers 224A Power to require name and address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224B Power to require answers to questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224C Power to require production of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224D Failure to give name and address etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224E Failure to answer questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224F Failure to produce documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224G False, misleading or incomplete documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224H False or misleading information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224I Impersonation of authorised ofﬁcer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 1B—Enforcement of certain notices 224J Deﬁnitions for div 1B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224K Orders to enforce notice under compliance section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224L Consent injunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224M Interim injunctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224N Factors relevant to granting restraining injunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224O Factors relevant to granting mandatory injunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224P Discharge or variation of injunction or order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 2—Trespass and removal of trespassers 225 Trespass and unlawful occupation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 Removal of trespassers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 88 88 89 89 89 90 91 91 92 92 93 93 93 94 94 95 95 95 95 96 96 96 97 97 97 99

6 Water Resources Act 1989 Division 3—General provisions 229 Power to supply water in excess of entitlement under announced allocation 230 Rights of chief executive upon surrender of nominal allocation. . . . . . . . . . 231 Agreements as to transfer of water under allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Unlawful construction of works or interference with works. . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Powers of chief executive where obstruction causes collection of water on railway, tramway or public road or public nuisance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Warrant to enter land or premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Appeal to Minister. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238 Compensation for injury, loss or damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Claim for compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Procedure upon failure to reach agreement as to amount of compensation . 241 Jurisdiction of Land Court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Appeal from Land Court re compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Notice of transfer of land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Searches in public ofﬁces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Continuation in operation of notice, order and the like. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Service of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Protection against liability. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Evidentiary provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249A Delegation by chief executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Approval of forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250A Regulation-making power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251 References to repealed Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 12—TRANSITIONAL AND VALIDATION 252 Transitional provision for Natural Resources Amendment Legislation Act 1997 ............................................... 256 Validation of terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Areas continued in existence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Transitional provisions for Water Act 2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 Delegations continue until revoked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 101 102 103 105 107 107 108 109 109 110 110 110 111 111 112 113 114 118 118 118 119 119 119 120 120 121

7 Water Resources Act 1989 SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 SUBJECT MATTER FOR REGULATIONS 1 Ofﬁcers and other persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 2 Inspections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 3 Terms and implied terms in contracts and the like . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 4 Notices and the like . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 5 Applications and grants etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 6 Proof of matters and things and documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 7 Mode of execution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 8 Materials for works or things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 9 Management of works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 10 Straying stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 11 Preservation of watercourses and the like, catchment areas against injury, damage, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 12 Trafﬁc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 13 Demonstration farms, experiment stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 14 Improvements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 15 Protection of water and works. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 16 Nuisances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 17 Structures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 18 Provision etc. of recreational or tourist facilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 19 Recreational activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 20 Supply of water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 21 Use of water for irrigation, domestic purposes, watering stock and other purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 22 Insufﬁciency in water supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 23 Charges for water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 23A Recovery of charges for water. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 24 Drainage rates and charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 25 Local services and charges therefor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 26 Riparian owners and occupiers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 27 Prevention of waste and the like of water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 28 Water allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

8 Water Resources Act 1989 28A Carryovers and forward draws of water allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 29 Furnishing information and returns re works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 30 Furnishing of information and returns re controlled quarry material . . . . . . 128 31 Sale of controlled quarry material by auction and the like . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 32 Designated areas, catchment areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 33 Fees and the like . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 34 Control of bores. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 35 Penalties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 36 Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 ENDNOTES 1 Index to endnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 2 Date to which amendments incorporated. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 3 Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 4 Table of earlier reprints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 5 Tables in earlier reprints. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 6 List of legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 7 List of annotations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 8 List of forms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 9 Table of renumbered provisions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 10 Provisions that have not commenced and are not incorporated into reprint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

s1 9 s2 Water Resources Act 1989 WATER RESOURCES ACT 1989 [as amended by all amendments that commenced on or before 28 February 2002] An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to rights in water, the measurement and management of water, the construction, control and management of works with respect to water conservation and protection, irrigation, water supply, drainage, ﬂood control and prevention, improvement of the ﬂow in or changes to the courses of watercourses, lakes and springs; protecting and improving the physical integrity of watercourses, lakes and springs; the safety and surveillance of referable dams; and for purposes incidental thereto and consequential thereon PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Water Resources Act 1989 . 2 Interpretation (1) In this Act— “announced allocation” means a water allocation arrived at by increasing or decreasing the quantity of water apportioned under a nominal allocation according to the seasonal availability of water. “approved form” see section 250. 1 “area” means an area of land by whatever name called constituted or deemed to be constituted an area under this Act for the purposes of water conservation and protection, water supply, irrigation, drainage, prevention of floods or control of flood waters and the improvement of underground water supplies. 1 Section 250 (Approval of forms)

s 2 10 s 2 Water Resources Act 1989 “artesian bore” includes an artesian well and all works constructed in connection with an artesian bore or artesian well from which water flows or has flowed naturally to the surface. “authorised ofﬁcer” means an officer appointed by the chief executive, or of a board, authorised generally or for a particular purpose under this Act. “barrage” means an artificial structure that stores water or that hinders or obstructs the flow of water in a river, creek, stream or lake or the access of tidal water to a part of a river, creek, stream or lake. “bed and banks” , with reference to a watercourse or lake, means land over which the water of that watercourse or lake normally flows or that is normally covered by that water whether permanently or intermittently, but does not include land abutting or adjacent to the bed or banks that is from time to time covered by floodwater. For the purposes of this deﬁnition “bed” means the relatively ﬂat and “banks” the relatively steep portions of the ﬁrstmentioned land. “board” means a board constituted or deemed to be constituted under this Act as a water supply board or drainage board. “catchment” means an area of land from which rainwater that falls thereon flows naturally or is directed into a watercourse, lake or other water storage. “catchment area” see section 27. “channel” includes any ditch, drain, bench flume, elevated flume or pipeline. “construct” includes provide, set up, dig, excavate, erect, lay down, install or maintain. “controlled quarry material” means quarry material declared under this Act to be and remain the property of the Crown. “controlled works” means works within a designated area, whether constructed before or after its constitution including any drain, earthworks, embankment, formation, landfill or levee bank that control, prevent, regulate or reduce or that in the opinion of the chief executive are likely to control, prevent, regulate or reduce the flow of water, including flood water, onto or from land or the inundation of land by water, including flood water, but does not include works authorised by or under any other Act or enactment, or works declared under a regulation not to be controlled works.

s 2 11 s 2 Water Resources Act 1989 “Crown holding” means a lease within the meaning of the Land Act 1994 , and includes land held under any lease, licence or other authority granted by the Crown under any other Act. “Crown land” means all land in Queensland except land that is, for the time being— (a) lawfully granted or contracted to be granted in fee simple by the Crown; (b) reserved and set apart for or dedicated to public purposes; (c) subject to a lease or licence, other than an occupation licence, lawfully granted by the Crown; (d) set apart and declared as a State forest, national park, recreation area, scenic area or timber reserve or deemed so to be; (e) reserved and set apart as an environmental park. “declared subartesian area” means a locality in the State prescribed under a regulation as a declared subartesian area. “designated area” see section 104. “domestic purposes” includes all purposes for which water is used ordinarily in or in connection with a dwelling house or land appurtenant thereto or any horticultural or agricultural garden thereon not exceeding in any case 0.25 ha in extent used solely in connection with a dwelling house, but does not include business, commercial or manufacturing purposes carried on, in or in connection with a dwelling house or irrigation purposes or purposes for or in connection with the generation of electricity by the use of water. “drainage” means the removal of water including floodwater from land by means of works or gravitation and includes the removal by those means of water from a lake. “drainage area” means an area of land constituted or deemed to be constituted under this Act as a drainage area. “drainage works” includes works constructed or used for the purposes of drainage. “driller’s licence” means a licence to drill boreholes for the construction of artesian or subartesian bores, to construct artesian or subartesian bores and for carrying out work in relation to existing bores. “ﬁtting” means any pipe, valve, meter or other apparatus or appliance used for or in connection with water supply.

s 2 12 s 2 Water Resources Act 1989 “ﬂoodwater” means water overflowing or erupting or that has overflowed or erupted from a watercourse or lake onto or over riparian land that is not submerged when the watercourse or, as the case may be, lake flows between or is contained within its bed and banks. “full supply level” means the level of the water surface when the water storage is at maximum operating level when not affected by ﬂood. “hazardous waste” means any substance, whether liquid, solid or gaseous, derived by or resulting from the processing of minerals that tends to destroy life or impair or endanger health. “headworks” means any dam, weir, barrage or reservoir and all works appurtenant thereto, channel, structure, building, well, bore, tunnel or machinery used for or in connection with the storage, control, conveyance or distribution of water. “improvements” include works, structures, machinery, plantations and crops constructed, installed or grown on land under the authority of this Act. “irrigable” , when used in relation to land, means land that due to its situation or quality is capable of being irrigated within an irrigation area. “irrigation area” means an area of land constituted or deemed to be constituted as an irrigation area under this Act. “irrigation undertaking” includes all works and operations necessary for and incidental to carrying into effect the objects and purposes of part 9 within and in connection with an irrigation area. “lake” includes— (a) a lagoon, swamp, marsh or other natural collection of water, whether permanent or intermittent; and (b) in a provision about the exercise of the right to the use, ﬂow and control of water or the control of quarry material— (i) the bed and banks; and (ii) the elements that conﬁne or contain the water. “levee bank” means any embankment or other structure within or without or partly within or without the bed and banks of a watercourse for the purpose of— (a) keeping wholly or partly within a channel the water, including ﬂoodwater, of that watercourse; or

s 2 13 s 2 Water Resources Act 1989 (b) preventing, regulating or controlling in any manner the ﬂow of water out of that watercourse. “licence” means a licence or renewal of a licence under this Act in force at the material time. “licensee” means the holder of a licence under this Act. “machinery” includes any apparatus, appliance, instrument, equipment or fitting for use in carrying into effect the objects and purposes of this Act. “nominal allocation” means the quantity of water apportioned under a water allocation at the time that allocation is first granted or apportioned under a subsequent amendment thereof. “occupier” means the person in actual occupation of land at the material time or, where there is no person in actual occupation, the person entitled to possession of the land at that time. “owner” — (a) when used in relation to land generally means— (i) the registered proprietor thereof; (ii) the lessee or licensee from the Crown in respect thereof; (iii) the person or body of persons who, for the time being, has lawful control thereof, on trust or otherwise; (iv) the person who is entitled to receive the rents and proﬁts thereof; (b) when used in relation to a referable dam, means the owner of the land on which the referable dam is constructed or to be constructed and includes the Crown or a person representing the Crown; (c) includes the occupier of land. “permit” means a permit under this Act in force at the material time. “permittee” means the holder of a permit under this Act. “person” includes any partnership or other association or body, corporate or unincorporate. “pipe” includes any main pipe, water meter, stop tap, water tap, siphon, plug, sluice valve, gate valve, hydrant, branch or similar apparatus.

s 2 14 s 2 Water Resources Act 1989 “quarry material” means material other than a mineral within the meaning of any Act relating to mining and without limiting or affecting in any way this definition, includes stone, gravel, sand, rock, clay, earth and soil. “rate” means a rate or charge made and levied by the chief executive or a board in accordance with this Act or a by-law made under this Act. “ratepayer” means a person named in the books or records of the chief executive or a board as a person liable to pay rates or charges. “referable dam” means— (a) works or proposed works that include or would include a barrier whether permanent or temporary that does or could or would impound, divert or control water, which barrier— (i) is more than 8 m in height and has a storage capacity of more than 500 ML; or (ii) is more than 8 m in height and has a storage capacity of more than 250 ML and a catchment area that is more than 3 times its maximum surface area at full supply level; (b) works— (i) that consist of or include or would consist of or include a barrier whether permanent or temporary that does or could or would impound, divert or control water or hazardous waste, other than a barrier deﬁned in paragraph (a); (ii) other than a barrier whether permanent or temporary that does or could or would impound, contain, divert or control hazardous waste; declared by the chief executive by notiﬁcation published in the gazette to be a referable dam by reason of the danger to life or property that could or would eventuate upon the collapse or failure of or the escape of hazardous waste from those works; and includes the storage area created by the works but does not include a tank constructed of steel or concrete or a combination of those materials. The term does not include a weir, other than a weir that has a variable ﬂow control structure on the crest of the weir. “reservoir” includes a bore, tank or well. “road” means any highway, bridge, culvert, street, public place, lane, footway, square, court, alley, passage (whether or not a thoroughfare),

s 2 15 s 2 Water Resources Act 1989 public wharf, jetty or boat ramp open to or used by the public, and includes— (a) any bridge, culvert or other structure and the approaches thereto constructed or deemed to be constructed by the State or permitted by it to be constructed on, over, under, through or across a channel or land set aside or reserved for a channel to provide a means of access to a road within the meaning of this deﬁnition from land from which that road is separated by that channel or land so set aside or reserved; and (b) the roadway or pavement comprising a road within the meaning of this deﬁnition. “spring” means water naturally rising to and flowing over the surface of land. “structure” includes any building, wall, fence, or anything affixed thereto or projecting therefrom. “subartesian bore” includes any shaft, well, gallery, spear or excavation and all works constructed in connection with any subartesian bore, shaft, well, gallery, spear or excavation which intersects an underground source of water and from which water does not flow naturally to the surface. “subdivision” , of land, includes reconfiguring a lot under the IntegratedPlanning Act 1997 . “swamp land” means land that is, due to natural causes, covered with water or whose soil is ordinarily so saturated with water as to be unfit for culture. “underground” , when used in relation to water, means water that occurs naturally or is introduced artificially below ground level. “water” , when used in relation to a referable dam, includes any other liquid or a mixture that includes water or any other liquid or suspended solid. “water allocation” means an allocation by whatever name called determined for a specified period of a quantity of water out of the water available for allocation, and includes additional water approved to be taken from time to time. “water available for allocation” means— (a) water available for irrigation or another purpose, from works of the State or a board; or

s 2 16 s 2 Water Resources Act 1989 (b) water from watercourses, lakes or springs; or (c) underground water. “water management plan” means a plan made by the Minister under part 3A, division 2. “watercourse” means a river, creek or stream in which water flows permanently or intermittently— (a) in a natural channel; (b) in a natural channel artiﬁcially improved; (c) in an artiﬁcial channel that has changed the course of the watercourse; but, in any case, only at every place upstream of the point to which the spring tide normally ﬂows and reﬂows therein whether due to a natural cause or an artiﬁcial barrier therein or, when the chief executive has declared by notiﬁcation under this Act a downstream limit then, during the continuance in force of that notiﬁcation, only at every place upstream of that limit. “works” means operations of any kind and all things constructed, erected or installed for or in connection with the purposes of this Act, all sources of water supply and land reserved or set apart, occupied, held or used for or in connection with those operations or those sources, and includes a quarry or gravel pit vested in the State or under the control of the State or the chief executive. (2) The terms set forth in this subsection, when used in relation to a weir, barrage or dam, have the meanings respectively assigned to them— “height” means the measurement equivalent to the difference in level between the natural bed of the watercourse at the downstream toe of the barrier (or if the barrier is not across a watercourse between the lowest elevation of the outside limit of the barrier) and the top of the barrier. “storage capacity” means the measurement (expressed in cubic measure) equivalent to the total storage capacity up to the level at which water is ordinarily retained therein. “top of the barrier” means the level of the top of the barrier exclusive of any parapet or ancillary structure or, where the barrier includes a spillway section, the level of the top of the abutment walls adjoining the spillway section exclusive of any parapet or ancillary structure.

s 6 17 s 6 Water Resources Act 1989 (3) The words ‘alterations’, ‘repairs’, ‘maintenance’ and ‘operations’, when used in relation to a referable dam, mean only such alterations, repairs, maintenance or operations as, in the opinion of the chief executive, ensure the safety of the referable dam and the protection of life or property that would or could be endangered by the uncontrolled loss or release of water or hazardous waste caused by the collapse or failure of the referable dam. (4) In provisions of this Act that concern— (a) the exercise of the right to the use, ﬂow and control of water; and (b) the control of quarry material; and (c) limiting the destruction of watercourse vegetation and otherwise protecting or improving the physical integrity of watercourses; “watercourse” includes bed and banks and any other element of a river, creek or stream that confines or contains water. (5) Water supplied under this Act for domestic purposes, whilst it remains in the state or quality in which it is supplied, must not be taken by reason only of its supply to be water of a quality suitable for drinking or use in cooking. PART 2—VESTING OF RIGHTS IN CERTAIN WATER IN CROWN AND DECLARATION RE BED AND BANKS PART 3—ADMINISTRATION Division 1—General 6 Delegation by Minister The Minister may delegate to an ofﬁcer or employee of the public service the Minister’s powers under this Act.

s 6A 18 s 6C Water Resources Act 1989 6A Appointment of authorised ofﬁcers (1) The chief executive may appoint persons as authorised officers. (2) The chief executive officer may appoint a person as an authorised officer only if— (a) in the chief executive’s opinion, the person has the necessary expertise or experience to be an authorised ofﬁcer; or (b) the person has satisfactorily ﬁnished training approved by the chief executive. 6B Limitation of authorised ofﬁcer’s powers The powers of an authorised ofﬁcer may be limited— (a) under a regulation; or (b) under a condition of appointment; or (c) by written notice of the chief executive given to the authorised ofﬁcer. 6C Authorised ofﬁcer’s identity card (1) The chief executive must give each authorised officer an identity card. (2) The identity card must— (a) contain a recent photograph of the authorised ofﬁcer; and (b) be signed by the authorised ofﬁcer; and (c) identify the person as an authorised ofﬁcer under this Act. (3) A person who ceases to be an authorised officer must return the person’s identity card to the chief executive as soon as practicable (but within 21 days) after the person ceases to be an authorised officer, unless the person has a reasonable excuse for not returning it. Maximum penalty—10 penalty units. (4) This section does not prevent the giving of a single identity card to a person under this Act and for other Acts or purposes.

s 6D 19 Water Resources Act 1989 s7 6D Production or display of authorised ofﬁcer’s identity card (1) An authorised officer may exercise a power under this Act in relation to someone else only if the authorised officer— (a) ﬁrst produces his or her identity card for the person’s inspection; or (b) has the identity card displayed so it is clearly visible to the person. (2) However, if it is not practicable to comply with subsection (1), the authorised officer must produce the identity card for the person’s inspection at the first reasonable opportunity. 7 Powers of authorised ofﬁcer (1) For the purposes of this Act, an authorised officer, without prior notice and any authority other than this Act, may, at all reasonable times, enter and re-enter any road, land, premises other than a dwelling house or premises being used at the material time as a dwelling house, or other place and may— (a) make such investigation, inquiry, inspection or examination as is necessary to ascertain that this Act or any requisition, order, notice or direction is being complied with; (b) execute, ﬁx, remove, replace, renew, substitute, alter, repair, clean or examine any plant, equipment, works or machinery; (c) take account of the quantity of water taken and used and compare that quantity with the quantity entitled to be taken and used in accordance with the terms of a licence, permit, other authority or water allocation under this Act; (d) regulate the supply of water under a licence, permit, other authority or water allocation under this Act so as to comply with the quantity entitled to be taken and used; (e) take all steps and do all acts and things with respect to a watercourse, lake, spring or underground source of water supply as are necessary for— (i) the purpose of taking measurements and making records of the natural water resources of Queensland; (ii) the conservation and regulation of water therein;

s 9 20 s 9 Water Resources Act 1989 (iii) the prevention of the undue, excessive, illegal or improper use, diversion or waste of water therein; (iv) the preservation of water therein from pollution and the prevention of pollution thereof; (v) the protection of and prevention of interference with the bed, banks, channels and works thereof over or within which the water therein ﬂows or is contained; (f) call to the authorised ofﬁcer’s aid another authorised ofﬁcer or any other person who in the authorised ofﬁcer’s opinion is competent to assist in the exercise of the authorised ofﬁcer’s powers and authorities or the performance of the authorised ofﬁcer’s functions and duties and a person so acting in aid, while so doing, has and may exercise and perform the same powers, authorities, functions and duties as are conferred or imposed on the authorised ofﬁcer by or under this Act; (g) use such force as is reasonably necessary in the exercise of the powers and authorities or the performance of the functions and duties conferred on the authorised ofﬁcer by or under this Act; (h) take all steps and do all acts and things as are necessary in the exercise of the powers and authorities or the performance of the functions and duties conferred or imposed on the authorised ofﬁcer by or under this Act; (i) exercise such other powers and authorities and perform such other functions and duties as are prescribed or delegated to the authorised ofﬁcer. (2) For the purposes of gaining entry to any premises or other place, an authorised officer may call to the authorised officer’s aid any person the authorised officer thinks necessary and that person, while acting in aid of an authorised officer in the lawful exercise by authorised officer of the authorised officer’s power of entry, has a like power of entry. Division 2—Powers of chief executive 9 Powers with respect to works etc. (1) Subject to this Act, the State may exercise the powers and authorities and perform the functions and duties conferred or imposed by this Act and may take all steps and do all acts and things ancillary to or consequent

s 11 21 s 11 Water Resources Act 1989 upon the exercise or performance of those powers, authorities, functions or duties. (2) For the purposes of this Act the State may— (a) investigate, design, construct, acquire, provide, extend, renew and improve, maintain, alter and repair works and things and discontinue those works and things which in its opinion are obsolete or of no further use; (b) construct works— (i) to measure and record the natural water resources of Queensland, both surface and underground; (ii) in, under, across, along or against a road, land or premises or under a railway or tramway in any manner it thinks necessary or proper; (iii) for the supply of water to land or premises or to measure and ascertain the extent of that supply; (c) use water from any watercourse, lake or other source in or in connection with works or land vested in or under its control; (d) obtain from a watercourse or lake and its water storages and works an adequate supply of water for the purposes of this Act or any other Act; (e) divert, intercept and store water in or coming from any watercourse, lake or other source and for that purpose alter the course of any watercourse or other source; (f) divert water from one source to another; (g) take, for the purposes of this Act or any other Act, water found under or on land; (h) where reasonably practicable, provide other watering places and channels for the use of adjoining land instead of those taken away or interrupted in the exercise of a power or authority conferred or the performance of a function or duty imposed on it by this section. 11 Entry upon land (1) Subject to this Act, the chief executive or any officer, employee or agent of the department in the exercise or performance of powers,

s 11 22 s 11 Water Resources Act 1989 authorities, functions and duties under this Act and upon giving to the authority or owner concerned at least 7 days notice in writing of intention to do so may— (a) enter upon a road or land or premises other than a dwelling house or premises being used at the material time as a dwelling house for the purposes of this Act or any other Act that confers or imposes powers, authorities, functions or duties; (b) without limiting the generality of paragraph (a), enter for the purposes of— (i) making or carrying out inspections, tests, investigations, surveys, experiments, boring or drilling operations, explorations; or (ii) constructing, maintaining, operating or altering works that are authorised or empowered by law to be constructed or operated; or (iii) taking all steps and doing all acts and things connected with or incidental to the exercise or performance of the powers, authorities, functions or duties conferred or imposed. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the chief executive or any officer, employee or agent of the department may— (a) make surveys, take measurements or levels or place survey marks; (b) set out such works as it thinks ﬁt; (c) break up land; (d) erect fences; (e) take, get and remove and use any quarry material or other material and things; (f) carry out blasting operations; (g) take all steps and do all acts and things as are necessary for or in connection with the performance of the operations speciﬁed in this subsection. (3) The power under this section to enter upon a road or land or premises includes power to— (a) re-enter from time to time;

s 15 23 s 15 Water Resources Act 1989 (b) remain for the time necessary to achieve the purposes for which the original entry was made; (c) take and keep upon the original entry or re-entry the assistants, vehicles, materials, machinery, equipment and other things necessary to achieve the purposes of the original entry. (4) A person who enters or re-enters upon a road or land or premises under the authority of and for the purposes specified in subsection (1) must— (a) do no more damage than is reasonably necessary having regard to the circumstances; (b) make good as far as practicable all damage caused by any entry and any subsequent re-entry or by the doing of any act or thing or the carrying out of any purpose speciﬁed in subsection (1). (5) Where the chief executive considers it necessary to alter the location of train rails, pipes of any kind, electric or telephone lines or other works laid in, over or under a road or land, the chief executive, by notice in writing given to the authority concerned or the owner of the works in question, may require the authority or owner to alter their location in the manner and time specified in the notice. (7) Where the authority or owner concerned fails to comply with a requisition contained in a notice under subsection (5), the necessary alterations may be undertaken by the State. 15 Power to supply water by agreement (1) This section applies despite section 38. 2 (2) The State may supply water to a local government or another person (the “consumer” ), for any purpose, under an agreement with the consumer. (3) However, the terms of the agreement must— (a) for a secondary supply agreement—comply with terms approved by the Governor in Council for that type of secondary supply agreement; or (b) otherwise—be approved by the Governor in Council. 2 Section 38 (Offences about constructing works etc. and otherwise taking water without the authority of a licence)

s 15 24 s 15 Water Resources Act 1989 (4) The agreement may, for example, include the following— (a) the term for which water is to be supplied; (b) the charge to be paid for water supplied; (c) the quantity of water to be supplied in each period speciﬁed in the agreement or the nominal allocation the subject of the agreement; (d) the minimum quantity of water that is to be paid for in each speciﬁed period; (e) that the consumer agrees to pay— (i) during the term of the agreement, the charge agreed upon for water; (ii) at the time speciﬁed in the agreement, the charge speciﬁed with respect to the minimum quantity of water speciﬁed in the agreement to be paid for in each period. (5) This Act or an agreement made under this section is not to be construed or operate to create on the part of the State an obligation to supply a fixed quantity of water in the event of an insufficiency in the supply of water from any cause requiring a discontinuance or lessening thereof in accordance with subsection (6). (6) Where water upon which the State relies for maintenance of supply under this section has been or is likely in the opinion of the chief executive to be diminished, the State may— (a) discontinue or lessen, as it thinks ﬁt, the quantity of water to be supplied; (b) give directions determining and regulating— (i) priorities with respect to consumers entitled to the supply of water; and (ii) the quantities of water to be supplied to consumers. (7) Reasonable notice must be given by the State of its intention to take action under subsection (6). (8) The chief executive, at the beginning of a period decided by the chief executive in each year or from time to time during that period, may, in respect of a nominal allocation to which a person is entitled by an agreement made or entered into under this section, determine an announced

s 28 25 s 28 Water Resources Act 1989 allocation and may alter, amend or vary an announced allocation so determined. (9) In this section— “secondary supply agreement” means an agreement, between the State and a consumer, for the supply of water to the consumer from works owned by— (a) the State; or (b) someone else other than the consumer. Division 4—Financial and other general provisions PART 3A—WATER MANAGEMENT PLANS Division 1—Preliminary PART 4—REGULATION AND CONTROL OF WATER, WATERCOURSES AND CERTAIN QUARRY MATERIALS Division 1—General provisions 28 Certain quarry material to be and remain property of Crown Notwithstanding the Forestry Act 1959 or any other Act quarry material within that part of a watercourse or lake within the meaning of this Act that is— (a) the property of or deemed to be the property of the Crown; (b) situated in or on— (i) Crown land;

s 29 26 s 29 Water Resources Act 1989 (ii) land reserved for or dedicated to public purposes within the meaning of the Land Act 1994 ; (iii) a Crown holding; is and remains the property of the Crown. 29 Wastage of water from artesian or subartesian bore (1) Where the chief executive is satisfied after due inquiry that water from an artesian bore or a subartesian bore is— (a) being used for an improper purpose or a purpose other than a purpose authorised by a licence; or (b) being wasted by negligence or the failure to effect repairs or alterations reasonably necessary for the proper repair and maintenance thereof or from any other cause; or (c) being utilised otherwise than to the best advantage; the chief executive may, by notice in writing given to the licensee, direct that the licensee, within 30 days after the date of the notice— (d) close a part of the works speciﬁed in the notice; and (e) take those precautions, including repairs and alterations speciﬁed in the notice, as the chief executive thinks necessary to prevent the improper or unauthorised use of the water or to provide for better utilisation thereof. (2) A person who fails to comply with a direction given under this section commits an offence against this Act. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units. (3) Upon the failure by a person to whom a notice under subsection (1) is given to comply with the notice within the time specified, the chief executive or an authorised officer, with all necessary assistants, agents or workers and vehicles, machinery and equipment may enter upon the land in question and take steps and do all acts and things necessary to comply with the direction. (4) The powers and authorities conferred by subsection (3) may be exercised whether or not proceedings have been instituted for an offence under subsection (2). (5) Costs and expenses incurred by the chief executive in exercising the powers and authorities conferred on the chief executive by subsection (3)

s 30 27 s 30 Water Resources Act 1989 may be recovered, in the name of the chief executive, as a debt due to the Crown, in a court of competent jurisdiction. 30 Supply of surplus water from artesian or subartesian bore (1) Where the chief executive is satisfied after due inquiry that— (a) the quantity of water ﬂowing from an artesian bore or supplied from an artesian bore or a subartesian bore is surplus to the reasonable requirements of the owner of the land on which the bore is situated after making due allowance for the distribution of the water through that land by a proper and effective scheme of drains or by other methods of supply; and (b) the surplus of the water in question could, under a reasonable scheme of distribution, be supplied to other land insufﬁciently watered, the property of or occupied by any other person; the chief executive may, by a notice in writing, to the owner, require that the owner of the land on which the artesian bore or subartesian bore is situated, within a time determined by the chief executive and speciﬁed in the notice, to enter into an agreement with— (c) an owner or occupier of other land referred to in paragraph (b); or (d) in an appropriate case—an owner or occupier of land intervening between the land on which the artesian bore or subartesian bore is situated and the land to be supplied with water; for the supply and distribution through that land of the surplus water. (2) Where an owner of land on which the artesian bore or subartesian bore is situated fails within the time determined to enter into an agreement in accordance with subsection (1), the chief executive may give to that owner and to each owner of other land in question a notice in writing containing all directions the chief executive considers are necessary for the purpose. (3) A notice under subsection (2) must set forth terms as the chief executive thinks fit with respect to— (a) the supply and distribution of the water in question; (b) the construction and maintenance of necessary works in connection with the supply and distribution of the water in question;

s 36 28 s 36 Water Resources Act 1989 (c) the costs and expenses of or in connection with the construction, maintenance and management of those necessary works and the persons by whom and to whom those costs and expenses are payable; (d) the payment to be made to the owner of the land on which the artesian bore or subartesian bore is situated for water supplied and distributed. (4) A notice given under subsection (2) has the same force and effect as if it were an agreement duly made and entered into by and between the parties and may be enforced accordingly. (5) Where for the purposes of this section it is necessary to convey surplus water on, through, over or across land intervening between the land on which the artesian bore or subartesian bore is situated and the land to be supplied with that water, the chief executive may include in a notice given under subsection (1) such terms as the chief executive considers necessary or expedient for the construction of works on the intervening land and the maintenance of those works, notwithstanding that an easement or a right to enter or use that land has not been granted or acquired. (6) A person who fails to comply with a term imposed by the chief executive under subsection (5) commits an offence against this Act. Maximum penalty for subsection (6)—50 penalty units. 36 Ordinary riparian rights to use water (1) Subject to section 57, an owner or occupier of land abutting a watercourse, lake or spring or a weir, barrage or dam vested in the State or under the control of the chief executive may, without applying for or obtaining a licence or permit in that behalf, use for— (a) domestic purposes; (b) watering stock; the water, at the material time, in that watercourse, lake or spring or weir, barrage or dam. (2) For the purposes of this section— “stock” means stock of a number not exceeding the number depastured ordinarily on the land having regard to seasonal fluctuations in the carrying capacity of the land and not held in close concentration for a purpose other than grazing.

s 37 29 s 37B Water Resources Act 1989 37 Control of certain quarry material (1) Notwithstanding the ForestryAct1959 or any other Act or law, controlled quarry material for the purposes of this Act is and remains under the control of the chief executive. (2) The chief executive may, under, subject to and in accordance with this Act, authorise by a permit in writing the taking, getting or removal of controlled quarry material. (3) Quarry material in a watercourse or lake, other than controlled quarry material, remains under the control of the chief executive to the extent that the taking, getting or removal must be subject always to the terms of a permit granted and issued under this Act. Division 1A—Certain speciﬁc provisions about subartesian bores 37A Act applies to subartesian bores in declared subartesian areas The provisions of this Act about subartesian bores apply only to subartesian bores in declared subartesian areas. 37B Exemptions for small bores in declared subartesian areas Section 38(1)(i) does not apply to a person in a declared subartesian area who, on the person’s land— (a) constructs or uses a bore that is declared, under a regulation, a small bore for the declared subartesian area; or (b) enlarges, deepens or alters in any way a bore that is declared, under a regulation, a small bore for the declared subartesian area and the bore as enlarged, deepened or altered remains a small bore for the declared subartesian area. Example of regulation prescribing a bore a small bore for a declared subartesian area— For the declared subartesian area constituted by the Shire of Clifton, a bore is a small bore if it is to be used for domestic purposes and has a casing size less than 150 mm in diameter.

s 38 30 s 38 Water Resources Act 1989 Division 2—Licences 38 Offences about constructing works etc. and otherwise taking water without the authority of a licence (1) Subject to sections 56 and 57 a person who, except under the authority of a licence under this Act— (a) constructs on the person’s land a referable dam or alters, repairs, maintains, uses, operates, abandons or removes a referable dam already constructed; or (b) constructs works or uses works already constructed in or on a watercourse, lake or spring— (i) to conserve water; or (ii) to take water therefrom or water contained in or conserved by a weir, barrage or dam; or (c) constructs works or uses works already constructed in or on a watercourse, lake or spring or on or in connection with land that abuts any of them— (i) for the purpose of drainage; or (ii) for the prevention of ﬂooding of land by water or the erosion of banks; or (iii) for improvement in the ﬂow of water in or changes to the course of any of them; or (d) takes water from a channel constructed by or vested in the State outside an irrigation area; or (e) constructs— (i) in that part of a river, creek or stream downstream of the point at which the river, creek or stream becomes a watercourse within the meaning of this Act and upstream of the point at which the river, creek or stream ceases to be capable of navigation by vessels ordinarily employed in that river, creek or stream for the purpose of carrying goods; or (ii) in a lake; works in the nature of a barrage; or

s 38 31 s 38 Water Resources Act 1989 (f) uses works in the nature of a barrage constructed in that part of a river, creek or stream or in a lake speciﬁed in paragraph (e) and in existence immediately prior to the commencement of the Water Act Amendment Act 1979 ; 3 or (g) constructs on the person’s land a levee bank or uses a levee bank so constructed; or (h) constructs on the person’s land an artesian bore or uses an artesian bore so constructed or enlarges, deepens or alters in any manner an artesian bore; or (i) in a declared subartesian area—constructs on the person’s land a subartesian bore or uses a subartesian bore so constructed or enlarges, deepens or alters in any manner a subartesian bore; or (j) constructs in a designated area controlled works; or (k) keeps or uses, in a designated area, controlled works constructed before the constitution of the designated area; commits an offence against this Act. Maximum penalty— (a) 400 penalty units, if the person is convicted of an offence in relation to matters mentioned in subsection (1)(a); or (b) 200 penalty units, in any other case. (2) The provisions of this Act that require a licence to be applied for with respect to works specified in subsection (1)(g) do not apply with respect to a levee bank constructed or proposed to be constructed in accordance with an approved plan within the meaning of the Soil Conservation Act 1986 . (3) An application for a licence for the following works in a designated area must be made within 90 days after the constitution of the designated area, or any longer period decided by the chief executive in a particular case— (a) controlled works, speciﬁed under a regulation under section 104 as acceptable proposed works, being constructed when the designated area is constituted; (b) controlled works constructed before the designated area is constituted. 3 The Water Act Amendment Act 1979 has been repealed, as from 1 February 1990.

s 38 32 s 38 Water Resources Act 1989 (4) If subsection (1)(j) or (k) takes effect in relation to particular controlled works mentioned in subsection (3), a person who immediately before it took effect was constructing, keeping or using the controlled works may continue to do so— (a) for the time allowed by subsection (3) to make an application for a licence; and (b) pending a decision on the application and any appeal that may result from the decision. (5) Subsection (4) stops applying to a person constructing, keeping or using controlled works mentioned in the subsection if the person does not apply for a licence for the works in the time allowed by subsection (3). (6) The chief executive may require in a case where the proposal is for the construction or use of combined works a separate application in respect of each of the works comprised in those works. (7) Where, in compliance with a requirement of the chief executive, a separate application has been made in respect of works comprised in a proposal for the construction or use of combined works, the chief executive, in dealing with applications in respect of those works, may determine which of those works are to be included in each licence. (8) A person who is the holder of a licence granted and issued with respect to works to which subsection (1)(e) applies is not, by reason only of the commencement, construction or placement by the person of works under the authority of that licence without the sanction of the Governor in Council, liable to— (a) a penalty under the Harbours Act 1955 section 86; 4 (b) any claim, demand or action for nuisance, trespass, encroachment, obstruction or otherwise. (9) The Harbours Act 1955 , section 86 does not apply to works the subject of a licence granted and issued in respect of works to which subsection (1)(e) or (f) applies. (10) For the purposes of this section— 4 The Harbours Act 1955 has been repealed. However, section 86 of that Act continues to have effect under the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 , section 236 (Continuation of certain provisions of Harbours Act requiring approval for certain matters).

s 39 33 s 39 Water Resources Act 1989 “to use works” includes to take and use water contained in works or obtained by means of works whether for the use of— (a) the owner of the land on which the works are constructed; or (b) the person who constructed or is using the works; or (c) an owner of land in the vicinity of the site of the works. 39 Rights of non-riparian owner to licence (1) Subject to this section, an owner of land that does not abut a watercourse, lake or spring or water contained in or conserved by a weir, barrage or dam constructed by or vested in the State, any local government, other statutory body or person may make application as prescribed for a licence to construct and use works or to use works already constructed as specified in section 38. (2) The applicant may make, with owners or occupiers of land intervening between the subject land and the watercourse, lake or spring, or the water contained in or conserved by a weir, barrage or dam, in respect of which the application is proposed to be made, arrangements in writing signed by all parties with respect to the construction, use and maintenance on, in, over or under those intervening lands of works necessary to carry out the purposes for which the application is made. (3) The application must be accompanied by— (a) a copy of the document incorporating the arrangements so made; or (b) where the applicant is unable to make the arrangements— (i) a statement in writing to that effect; and (ii) evidence in writing that notice of the applicant’s intention to apply for a licence has been given by the applicant to the owners or occupiers in question. (4) Where the applicant is unable to make arrangements under subsection (2), the chief executive after due investigation, except in the case of a dam constructed by a local government or other statutory authority, may, by writing, authorise the applicant to enter and re-enter from time to time land that in relation to the application is intervening land and to construct, use and maintain on, in, over or under that land works specified in the authority. (5) An authority under subsection (4)—

s 39 34 s 39 Water Resources Act 1989 (a) may be subject to any terms the chief executive thinks ﬁt including, without limiting the generality of this provision, a term for payment by the applicant— (i) by way of compensation or rent or both; and (ii) for the right of entry or re-entry into the land in question, of an amount determined by the chief executive; (b) must continue in force during the period for which the licence in accordance with section 44 continues in force and no longer. (6) Sections 42 to 51 and 54, with and subject to all necessary adaptations, apply and extend to all matters and things with respect to— (a) applications under this section; (b) notices with respect to those applications; (c) objections to the grant of those applications; (d) appeals from decisions of the chief executive upon those applications and objections thereto; (e) licences granted upon those applications. (7) The terms of an authority under subsection (4) have force and effect as if they formed part of an agreement under this section by the parties concerned and may be enforced accordingly. (8) Subsections (9) to (11) apply where a right of a licensee under this section or a right to which a proposed transferee of a licence under this section may become entitled has been or is likely to be adversely affected by a dealing with a parcel of intervening land within the meaning of this section in respect of which arrangements have been made and entered into or by any other occurrence. (9) A licensee under this section or a proposed transferee of a licence under this section may advise the chief executive by signed notice of the dealing with land or other occurrence affecting any of the licensee’s or proposed transferee’s rights or, as the case may be, any of the rights to which the proposed transferee may become entitled and the chief executive may thereupon cause such investigation and inquiry as the chief executive considers necessary to be carried out. (10) Where upon investigation and inquiry the chief executive finds that a right of the licensee under this section or a right to which a proposed transferee of a licence under this section may become entitled has been or is likely to be adversely affected by the dealing with land or other

s 40 35 s 41 Water Resources Act 1989 occurrence in question, the chief executive may by writing authorise the continuance in existence of that right or any other right enjoyed by that licensee prior to the date of the dealing or other occurrence or for the benefit of a proposed transferee of that licence pending the making of a new application and the finalisation thereof in accordance with this Act or, as the case may be, the negotiation and completion of new arrangements. (11) Where the chief executive is satisfied that a licensee under this section or a proposed transferee of the licence under this section has failed to make the appropriate application within a reasonable time fixed by the chief executive, the chief executive may determine forthwith the continuance in existence of the right or rights in question. 40 Power of court upon conviction for an offence against s 38 (1) Upon conviction for an offence against section 38, the court, in addition to imposing a penalty, may make an order which it considers appropriate including an order for— (a) the removal or modiﬁcation of works; (b) the ﬁlling in of an artesian bore or a subartesian bore; (c) the dismantling and removal of all plant, machinery and equipment installed or erected; (d) the making good of all damage caused. (2) Upon the failure of the offender, within the time specified, to comply in all respects with an order under this section, the chief executive or an authorised officer may enter upon the land in question with all assistants, agents or workers and vehicles, machinery and equipment necessary for the purpose and take all steps and do all acts and things as specified in the order. (3) Costs and expenses incurred by the chief executive or an authorised officer in the exercise of the powers or authorities conferred on the chief executive or authorised officer by subsection (2) may be recovered in the name of the chief executive as a debt due to the Crown in a court of competent jurisdiction. 41 Alterations other than for repair or maintenance of works prohibited During the currency of a licence, a person who—

s 42 36 s 42 Water Resources Act 1989 (a) effects alterations other than those necessary for repairs or maintenance or following any sudden or unforeseen emergency to works the subject of the licence; or (b) uses the water supplied from works the subject of the licence for purposes other than those authorised by the licence; commits an offence against this Act. Maximum penalty— (a) 400 penalty units, if the person is convicted of an offence about effecting alterations to a referable dam or using the water supplied from a referable dam; or (b) 200 penalty units, in any other case. 42 Application for licence (1) An application for a licence must— (a) be in writing and signed by the applicant; (b) contain particulars and other information determined by the chief executive; (c) be accompanied by the prescribed fee; (d) be furnished to the chief executive. (2) An applicant for a licence for a referable dam must also pay the fee prescribed under a regulation for an assessment of the application. (3) The chief executive may require an applicant to give to the chief executive further information, plans and other documents relevant to the application. (4) The chief executive may not deal with the application until the requisition has been complied with in all respects or the information requested has been otherwise furnished. (5) Two or more persons who desire to construct or use jointly works to which this Act applies and extends may make application for a licence and the application may be dealt with as if it were an application by an individual person. (6) Upon receipt of an application for a licence other than— (a) a licence for an artesian bore or a subartesian bore the supply of water from which is to be used in either case for domestic

s 42 37 s 42 Water Resources Act 1989 purposes or watering stock but only where the number of stock does not exceed the number ordinarily depastured on the land in question having regard to the seasonal ﬂuctuations in the carrying capacity of the land and where those stock are not held in close concentration for a purpose other than grazing; (b) a licence for a referable dam constructed or to be constructed by any government department, local government or other statutory body; (c) a driller’s licence; (d) a licence for works speciﬁed under a regulation under section 104 as acceptable existing works; the chief executive must cause notice thereof to be published in a newspaper circulating in the locality in which the land the subject of the application is situated. (7) The chief executive is not required to publish the notice if— (a) the licence application is for an artesian bore or subartesian bore; and (b) the chief executive receives, from each owner of land entitled to object to the granting of the application under subsection (9), a signed statement, in the form approved by the chief executive, that the owner does not object to the granting of the application. (8) The notice must specify— (a) the place at which; (b) the time and date, being a date not more than 60 days after the date on which the notice was last published, before which; objections to the application may be lodged. (9) On or before the date specified in the notice, an owner of land situated as prescribed or, as the case may be, of intervening land referred to in section 39(2) or, in the case of an application for a licence in respect of works specified in section 38(1)(j) or (k), the person specified in subsection (12) may, by signed notice and addressed to the chief executive, object to the granting of the application and submit to the chief executive the grounds of his or her objection. (10) For the purposes of subsection (9), land is to be taken to be situated as prescribed where the provisions set forth below apply with respect to that land—

s 42 38 s 42 Water Resources Act 1989 (a) if the application is about works constructed or to be constructed in or on a watercourse or spring— (i) the land is situated so that— (A) the nearest part of the land upstream of the applicant’s land or the land to which the application relates (the “affected land” ) is within a radius of 8 km of the affected land; or (B) the nearest part of the land downstream of the affected land is within a radius of 24 km of the affected land; and (ii) if the land does not abut the watercourse or spring—the owner of the land holds a licence granted on an application under section 39; or (b) if the application is about works constructed or to be constructed on a lake— (i) the nearest part of the land to the applicant’s land or the land to which the application relates (the “affected land” ) is within a radius of 8 km of the affected land; and (ii) if the land does not abut the lake—the owner of the land holds a licence granted on an application under section 39; or (c) if the application is about works other than controlled works or an artesian bore or a subartesian bore constructed or to be constructed elsewhere than in or on a watercourse, lake or spring—the land is so situated that any point on its boundary nearest to the affected land is within a radius of 8 km measured from a point on the affected land nearest to the land; or (d) if the application is about an artesian bore or a subartesian bore—the land is so situated that any point on its boundary nearest to the affected land is within a radius of 0.5 km measured from a point on the affected land nearest to that land. (11) A distance specified in subsection (10)(a), (b), (c) or (d) by reference to a radius is a minimum distance and the chief executive may, generally or in a particular case, extend a distance so specified. (12) In the case of an application for a licence in respect of works specified in section 38(1)(j) or (k), the persons eligible to object to the granting of the application are—

s 43 39 s 43 Water Resources Act 1989 (a) owners or occupiers of land; (b) associations or bodies, corporate or unincorporate, representative of persons; who consider that their rights or interests will or may be affected by the granting of the application. (13) A right under this section to lodge an objection does not arise unless the application for a licence is one that is required to be advertised in accordance with subsection (6) and has been so advertised. 43 Inquiry by chief executive and grant or refusal of application (1) Upon an application under section 42, the chief executive must cause inquiry to be made into anything the chief executive considers appropriate, including any of the following that are relevant to the application— (a) if the application relates to water other than underground water— (i) the availability and sufﬁciency of water to supply the requirements of— (A) riparian owners; and (B) licensees; and (C) permittees; and (D) the applicant; and (E) persons speciﬁed in section 4(a); (ii) the effect that the granting of the application will have or is likely to have on entitlements of riparian owners, licensees and permittees; (b) if the application relates to underground water— (i) the availability and sufﬁciency of water to satisfy the requirements of— (A) licensees; and (B) the applicant; (ii) the effect that the granting of the application will have or is likely to have on the requirements of owners of neighbouring land and licensees;

s 43 40 s 43 Water Resources Act 1989 (c) if the application relates to an existing or proposed referable dam— (i) the sufﬁciency of the dam to prevent the uncontrolled loss or release of the water or hazardous waste contained by the dam; and (ii) the risk to life or property that would or could be endangered by the uncontrolled loss or release of water or hazardous waste caused by the collapse or failure of the referable dam; and (iii) the matters mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b), if either paragraph applies to the application. (d) if the application is for a driller’s licence—the suitability of the applicant to hold a driller’s licence of the type stated in the application, including, for example, the applicant’s skills in different aquifer systems and knowledge and proﬁciency in different drilling techniques. (1A) If an application relates to an existing or proposed referable dam situated, or to be situated, neither on a watercourse, lake or spring nor in a designated area, the chief executive need only cause inquiry to be made into— (a) the matters mentioned in subsection (1)(c)(i) and (ii); and (b) anything else the chief executive considers relevant, excluding the matters mentioned in subsection (1)(a) and (b). (2) Upon the inquiry, the chief executive subject to this section— (a) may grant the application— (i) absolutely; or (ii) subject to any modiﬁcations or variations determined by the chief executive in a particular case; or (b) may refuse the application. (3) If the chief executive grants the application, the chief executive is to issue to the applicant a licence in respect of— (a) so much of the land, watercourse, lake, spring or water storage speciﬁed in the application; (b) the use of so much of the quantity of water applied for; (c) the referable dam speciﬁed in the application modiﬁed or varied;

s 43A 41 Water Resources Act 1989 s 43B (d) the works speciﬁed in the application modiﬁed or varied; (e) the type of driller’s licence stated in the application modiﬁed or varied; as the chief executive thinks ﬁt. (4) For the purposes of an inquiry under this section, the chief executive or a person duly appointed by the chief executive in that behalf has and may exercise all the powers, authorities, protection and jurisdiction of the chairperson of a commission under the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950 except those by that Act reserved to a chairperson of a commission who is a judge of the Supreme Court. 43A Certain decisions of the chief executive to be published in newspapers (1) This section applies to a decision, made by the chief executive under section 43, about which a person may, under section 51, 5 appeal to the Land Court, other than a decision about constructing or using an artesian or subartesian bore. (2) Notice of each decision must be published in a newspaper circulating generally throughout the locality to which the application, about which the decision was made, relates. (3) The notice must state if the application was granted absolutely, granted subject to modifications or variations or refused. 43B Notice of decision about constructing or using artesian or subartesian bores (1) This section applies to a decision, made by the chief executive under section 43, about constructing or using an artesian or subartesian bore. (2) The chief executive must promptly give notice of the chief executive’s decision about the application to the applicant. (3) If the decision is other than a decision to grant the application absolutely, the notice must also state— 5 Section 51 (Appeal to Land Court) states the persons who may appeal against decisions of the chief executive to the Land Court, the process for making the appeal, the way the matter must be heard and determined by the Land Court and other matters.

167 Water Resources Act 1989 Previous Renumbered as 4.50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 4.51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 4.52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78 pt 4A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pt 5 4A.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79 4A.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 4A.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 4A.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 4A.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83 4A.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 4A.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 4A.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 4A.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87 4A.10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 4A.11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89 4A.12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pt 6 5.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 5.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 5.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 5.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94 5.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 pt 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pt 7 6.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96 6.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 6.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98 6.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 6.4(2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99(3) 6.4(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99(4) 6.4(3A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99(5) 6.4(3B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99(6) 6.4(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99(7) 6.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 6.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 6.7(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102 6.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 6.8(4A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103(5) 6.8(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103(6) pt 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pt 8 7.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 7.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105 7.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106 7.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 7.6A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108 7.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 pt 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pt 9 8.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110 8.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

168 Water Resources Act 1989 Previous Renumbered as 8.2(2)(ca) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111(2)(d) 8.2(2)(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111(2)(e) 8.2(2)(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111(2)(f) 8.2(2)(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111(2)(g) 8.2(2)(g). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111(2)(h) 8.2(2)(h). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111(2)(i) 8.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112 8.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 8.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 8.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 8.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116 8.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 8.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118 8.10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 8.10(2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119(3) 8.10(2B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119(4) 8.10(2C). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119(5) 8.10(2D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119(6) 8.10(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119(7) 8.10(3A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119(8) 8.10(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119(9) 8.10(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119(10) 8.10(5A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119(11) 8.10(5B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119(12) 8.10(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119(13) 8.10(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119(14) 8.10(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119(15) 8.10(9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119(16) 8.12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120 8.13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 8.14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122 8.15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123 8.16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124 8.17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125 8.18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126 8.19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127 8.19(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127(2) 8.19(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127(3) 8.19(2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127(4) 8.19(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127(5) 8.19(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127(6) 8.19(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127(7) 8.20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128 8.20(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128(2) 8.20(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128(3) pt 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pt 10 9.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129 9.1(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129(2)

169 Water Resources Act 1989 Previous Renumbered as 9.1(1B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129(3) 9.1(1C). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129(4) 9.1(1D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129(5) 9.1(1E) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129(6) 9.1(1F) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129(7) 9.1(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129(8) 9.1(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129(9) 9.1(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129(10) 9.1(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129(11) 9.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130 9.2(2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130(3) 9.2(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130(4) 9.2(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130(5) 9.2(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130(6) 9.2(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130(7) 9.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131 9.3(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131(2) 9.3(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131(3) 9.3(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131(4) 9.3(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131(5) 9.3(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131(6) 9.3(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131(7) 9.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132 9.4A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133 9.4B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134 9.4C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135 9.4D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136 9.4E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137 9.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138 9.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139 9.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140 9.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141 9.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142 9.10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143 9.11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144 9.12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145 9.12(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145(2) 9.12(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145(3) 9.12(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145(4) 9.12(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145(5) 9.12(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145(6) 9.12(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145(7) 9.12(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145(8) 9.13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146 9.14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147 9.15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148 9.15(2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148(3) 9.15(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148(4)

170 Water Resources Act 1989 Previous Renumbered as 9.15(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148(5) 9.16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149 9.16(5A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149(6) 9.16(5B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149(7) 9.16(5C). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149(8) 9.16(5D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149(9) 9.16(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149(10) 9.16(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149(11) 9.16(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149(12) 9.17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150 9.18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151 9.19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152 9.20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153 9.21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154 9.22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155 9.22(2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155(3) 9.22(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155(4) 9.22(3A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155(5) 9.22(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155(6) 9.22(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155(7) 9.22(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155(8) 9.22(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155(9) 9.22(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155(10) 9.22(9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155(11) 9.22(10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155(12) 9.23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156 9.23(1)(ea) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156(1)(f) 9.23(1)(f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156(1)(g) 9.23(1)(g). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156(1)(h) 9.23(1)(h). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156(1)(i) 9.23(1)(i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156(1)(j) 9.23(1)(j) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156(1)(k) 9.23(1)(k). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156(1)(l) 9.23(1)(ka) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156(1)(m) 9.23(1)(kb). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156(1)(n) 9.23(1)(kc) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156(1)(o) 9.23(1)(l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156(1)(p) 9.23(1)(m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156(1)(q) 9.23(1)(n). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156(1)(r) 9.23(1)(o). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156(1)(s) 9.23(3A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156(4) 9.23(3B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156(5) 9.23(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156(6) 9.24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157 9.25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158 9.26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159 9.27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160 9.27(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160(2)

171 Water Resources Act 1989 Previous Renumbered as 9.27(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160(3) 9.27(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160(4) 9.27(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160(5) 9.27(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160(6) 9.28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161 9.29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162 9.30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163 9.31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164 9.32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165 9.33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166 9.34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167 9.35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168 9.36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169 9.37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170 9.38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171 9.38(3A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171(4) 9.38(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171(5) 9.38(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171(6) 9.39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172 9.39(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172(2) 9.39(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172(3) 9.39(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172(4) 9.40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173 9.40(1)(aa) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173(1)(b) 9.40(1)(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173(1)(c) 9.40(1)(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173(1)(d) 9.41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174 9.42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175 9.42(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175(2) 9.42(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175(3) 9.42(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175(4) 9.42(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175(5) 9.42(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175(6) 9.42(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175(7) 9.42(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175(8) 9.42(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175(9) 9.42(9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175(10) 9.43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176 9.44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177 9.45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178 9.46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179 9.47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180 9.48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181 9.48(2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181(3) 9.48(2B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181(4) 9.48(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181(5) 9.48(3A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181(6) 9.48(3B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181(7)

172 Water Resources Act 1989 Previous Renumbered as 9.48(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181(8) 9.48(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181(9) 9.48(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181(10) 9.48(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181(11) 9.48(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181(12) 9.49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182 9.50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183 9.51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184 9.52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185 9.53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186 9.54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187 9.55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188 9.56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189 9.57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190 9.57(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190(2) 9.57(1B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190(3) 9.57(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190(4) 9.58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .191 9.59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192 9.60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193 9.61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194 9.62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195 9.63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196 9.64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197 9.65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198 9.66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199 9.67 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .200 9.68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201 9.69 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202 9.70 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203 9.71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204 9.72 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205 9.73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206 9.74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207 9.74(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207(2) 9.74(1B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207(3) 9.74(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207(4) 9.74(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207(5) 9.74(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207(6) 9.74(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207(7) 9.75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208 9.75(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208(2) 9.75(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208(3) 9.75(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208(4) 9.75(3A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208(5) 9.75(3B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208(6) 9.75(3C). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208(7) 9.75(3D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208(8)

173 Water Resources Act 1989 Previous Renumbered as 9.75(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208(9) 9.75(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208(10) 9.76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209 9.77 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210 9.78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211 9.78(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211(2) 9.78(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211(3) 9.78(2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211(4) 9.78(2B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211(5) 9.78(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211(6) 9.78(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211(7) 9.78(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211(8) 9.78(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211(9) 9.78(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211(10) 9.79 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212 9.80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213 9.81 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214 9.82 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215 pt 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .pt 11 10.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216 10.3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217 10.4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218 10.5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219 10.6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220 10.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221 10.8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222 10.9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223 10.10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224 10.11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225 10.11(3A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225(4) 10.11(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225(5) 10.12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226 10.12(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226(2) 10.12(1B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226(3) 10.12(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226(4) 10.12(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226(5) 10.12(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226(6) 10.12(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226(7) 10.12(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226(8) 10.12(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226(9) 10.12(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226(10) 10.12(9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226(11) 10.13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227 10.14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228 10.15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229 10.15(4A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229(5) 10.15(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229(6) 10.16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230

174 Water Resources Act 1989 Previous Renumbered as 10.17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231 10.17(4A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231(5) 10.17(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231(6) 10.17(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231(7) 10.17(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231(8) 10.17(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231(9) 10.17(9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231(10) 10.17A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232 10.18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233 10.18(3A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233(4) 10.18(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233(5) 10.18(4A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233(6) 10.18(4B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233(7) 10.18(4C). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233(8) 10.18(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233(9) 10.19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234 10.19(2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234(3) 10.19(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234(4) 10.19(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234(5) 10.19(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234(6) 10.20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235 10.21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236 10.22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237 10.22(2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237(3) 10.22(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237(4) 10.22(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237(5) 10.22(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237(6) 10.23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238 10.24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239 10.25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240 10.25(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240(2) 10.25(1B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240(3) 10.25(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240(4) 10.25(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240(5) 10.25(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240(6) 10.25(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240(7) 10.26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241 10.27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242 10.28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .243 10.29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244 10.30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245 10.31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246 10.32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247 10.33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248 10.34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249 10.35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250 10.37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251 10.38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .252

175 Water Resources Act 1989 Previous Renumbered as 10.39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253 sch 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .sch 1 10 Provisions that have not commenced and are not incorporated into reprint The following provisions are not incorporated in this reprint because they had not commenced before the reprint date (see Reprints Act 1992, s 5(c)). Water Act 2000 No. 34 s 1145 sch 3 reads as follows— 9 Sections 215K and 215L— omit . 10 Section 234— omit . © State of Queensland 2002