Water Resources Amendment Act 1999 (Qld)

Queensland WATER RESOURCES AMENDMENT ACT 1999 Act No. 86 of 1999

Queensland WATER RESOURCES AMENDMENT ACT 1999 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 Amendment of s 25H (Draft plan must be readvertised if changed) . . . . . . 4 5 Amendment of s 25N (Effect of notice under s 25D on applications, agreements, sales, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6 Amendment of s 25P (Actions must not be inconsistent with water management plan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 7 Amendment of s 44 (Licences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 8 Amendment of s 46 (Renewal of licence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 9 Amendment of s 129 (Constitution of area and board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 10 Amendment of s 131 (Procedure before making regulation) . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 11 Replacement of pt 10, div 2 heading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 12 Amendment of s 132 (Membership of boards) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 13 Amendment of s 209 (Appointment of chief executive to administer area) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 14 Amendment of s 215G (Protection from liability) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 15 Amendment of s 232 (Person may sell right to nominal allocation) . . . . . . 7 16 Insertion of new ss 257 and 258 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 257 Areas continued in existence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 258 Remaking certain subordinate legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Queensland Water Resources Amendment Act 1999 Act No. 86 of 1999 An Act to amend the Water Resources Act 1989 [Assented to 14 December 1999]

s1 4 Water Resources Amendment The Parliament of Queensland enacts— s5 No. 86, 1999 ˙ Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Water Resources Amendment Act 1999 . ˙ Commencement 2.(1) Section 14 commences on the day the SouthEastQueenslandWater Board (Reform Facilitation) Act 1999 , section 13, commences. (2) The remaining provisions commence on assent. ˙ Act amended 3. This Act amends the Water Resources Act 1989 . ˙ Amendment of s 25H (Draft plan must be readvertised if changed) 4. Section 25H— insert — ‘ (3) This section does not apply if the difference— (a) corrects a minor error in the draft plan of which the notice was given; or (b) is not a change of substance; or (c) is merely the expression of the draft plan in a way that is different from, and not inconsistent with, the draft plan of which the notice was given.’. ˙ Amendment of s 25N (Effect of notice under s 25D on applications, agreements, sales, etc.) 5. After section 25N(1)(b)— insert —

s6 5 s8 Water Resources Amendment No. 86, 1999 ‘(ba)the chief executive must not deal with an application made under section 44(2) about works, or the taking of water, in the area; and’. ˙ Amendment of s 25P (Actions must not be inconsistent with water management plan) 6. After section 25P(2)(b)— insert — ‘(ba)dealing with an application made under section 44(2) about works, or the taking of water, in the area; or’. ˙ Amendment of s 44 (Licences) 7. Section 44(1)(f)— omit . ˙ Amendment of s 46 (Renewal of licence) 8.(1) Section 46(1)— renumber as section 46(1A). (2) Before section 46(1A), as renumbered— insert — ‘ 46.(1) A licensee may apply for renewal of the licence.’. (3) Section 46— insert — ‘ (1B) The chief executive may—

s 9 6 s 11 Water Resources Amendment No. 86, 1999 (a) grant the application in a way mentioned in subsection (3)(a)(i) or (ii); or (b) refuse to grant the application.’. ˙ Amendment of s 129 (Constitution of area and board) 9.(1) Section 129, heading— omit, insert— ‘ Constitution of area and establishment of board ’. (2) Section 129(1)(i), ‘constitute’— omit, insert— ‘establish’. (3) Section 129(2), ‘constituted’— omit, insert— ‘established’. ˙ Amendment of s 131 (Procedure before making regulation) 10. Section 131(3)(b)(i), after ‘and’— insert— ‘establish’. ˙ Replacement of pt 10, div 2 heading 11. Part 10, division 2, heading— omit, insert— ‘ Division 2—Membership of boards ’.

s 12 7 s 16 Water Resources Amendment No. 86, 1999 ˙ Amendment of s 132 (Membership of boards) 12. Section 132, heading— omit, insert— ‘ Membership ’. ˙ Amendment of s 209 (Appointment of chief executive to administer area) 13. Section 209, ‘constituted,’— omit, insert— ‘established,’. ˙ Amendment of s 215G (Protection from liability) 14. Section 215G(2), ‘A company official who observes’— omit, insert — ‘The company, or a company official, in observing’. ˙ Amendment of s 232 (Person may sell right to nominal allocation) 15. Section 232(4)— insert— ‘(aa) the exercise by the purchaser of the rights to a nominal allocation acquired under the sale; and’. ˙ Insertion of new ss 257 and 258 16. After section 256— insert— ˙ ‘ Areas continued in existence ‘ 257. To remove any doubt, it is declared that an area, other than an

s 16 8 s 16 Water Resources Amendment No. 86, 1999 irrigation area or drainage area, constituted under section 1.3(g) 1 of this Act as originally enacted, is, and always was, constituted as a water supply area. ˙ ‘ Remaking certain subordinate legislation ‘ 258.(1) The procedures stated in section 131 for making a regulation under section 129 2 do not apply to a regulation remaking subordinate legislation made under section 129 and in force immediately before the commencement of this section. ‘ (2) Subsection (1) applies despite section 129(10). ‘ (3) This section expires on 30 June 2000.’. © State of Queensland 1999 1 Section 1.3 (Repeals and savings) of the Act as originally enacted 2 Section 129 (Constitution of area and establishment of board)