Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WATER PLAN (MORETON) 2007

- Made under the Water Act 2000
- As at 2 October 2020
- Reg 31 of 2007

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title
   2.      Purposes of plan
   3.      Definitions

   PART 2 - PLAN AREA AND WATER TO WHICH PLAN APPLIES

   4.      Plan area
   5.      Groundwater management areas, implementation areas and groundwater units
   6.      Subcatchment areas
   6A.     Trading zones
   7.      Information about areas
   8.      Nodes
   9.      Water to which plan applies

   PART 3 - OUTCOMES FOR SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF WATER

   10.     Outcomes for water in plan area
   11.     General outcomes
   12.     Ecological outcomes

   PART 3A - MEASURES FOR ACHIEVING WATER PLAN OUTCOMES

   12A.    Measures that contribute to achieving particular water plan outcomes

   PART 4 - PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND OBJECTIVES

           Division 1 - (Repealed)

           Division 2 - Environmental flow objectives

   13.     Application of division
   14.     Performance indicators for environmental flow objectives
   15.     Environmental flow objectives

           Division 3 - Water allocation security objectives

   15A.    Application of division
   16.     Performance indicators for water allocation security objectives
   17.     Water allocation security objectives

   PART 5 - STRATEGIES FOR ACHIEVING OUTCOMES (SURFACE WATER)

           Division 1 - Preliminary

   18.     Strategies for surface water

           Division 2 - Decisions about surface water made under this plan

   19.     Application of div 2
   20.     Decisions about surface water must be consistent with objectives
   21.     Assessing impact of decisions about surface water
   22.     Decisions about surface water not to increase amount of water taken
   23.     Restriction on taking water from waterholes or lakes

           Division 3 - Unallocated water

   24.     Unallocated water held as general reserve or strategic reserve
   24A.    Processes for releasing unallocated water—Act, s 43
   25.     Granting unallocated water
   26.     Matters chief executive must consider

           Division 4 - (Repealed)

           Division 5 - Resource operations licences

   36.     Water entitlements to be managed under resource operations licences
   37.     Deciding operating arrangements and supply requirements

           Division 6 - Water entitlements

   38.     Authorising existing taking of water from Morton Vale Pipeline zone
   39.     Matters for chief executive to consider

           Division 7 - Converting authorisations to water allocations

              Subdivision 1 - General

   40.     Purpose of division
   41.     Authorisations may be converted to water allocations
   42.     (Repealed)
   43.        44.     Location for taking water
   45.     Purpose to be stated on water allocation

              Subdivision 2 - Water allocations for taking supplemented water

   46.     Nominal volume for water allocation
   47.     Priority groups

              Subdivision 3 - Water allocations for taking unsupplemented water

   48.     Elements of a water allocation
   49.     Nominal volume for water allocation
   50.     Annual volumetric limit for water allocation
   51.     (Repealed)
   52.     Maximum rates
   53.     Conditions
   54.     Water allocation groups

           Division 8 - Water licences for taking unsupplemented water

   55.     Elements of a water licence
   56.     Amending water licences
   57.     Annual volumetric limit for water licence
   58.     Maximum rates

           Division 9 - (Repealed)

           Division 10 - Miscellaneous

   61.     Releasing water through fish ways

   PART 6 - STRATEGIES FOR ACHIEVING OUTCOMES (GROUNDWATER)

           Division 1 - Preliminary

   62.     Strategies for groundwater

           Division 1A - Decisions about groundwater made under this plan

   62A.    Application of division
   62B.    Decision about groundwater to be consistent with objectives

           Division 2 - Cressbrook Creek alluvial groundwater management area

   63.     Limitation on taking groundwater—Act, s 101
   64.     Decisions about taking groundwater
   65.     Amending water licences to take groundwater

           Division 3 - Lockyer Valley groundwater management area

              Subdivision 1 - General strategies

   66.     Limitation on taking groundwater—Act, s 101
   67.     Decisions about taking groundwater

              Subdivision 2 - Implementation area 1

   68.     Supplemented and unsupplemented groundwater areas
   69.     (Repealed)

              Subdivision 3 - Implementation areas 2A, 2B, 3 and 4

   70.     Implementation areas 2A, 2B and 3
   71.     (Repealed)
   72.     Continued taking of groundwater authorised
   73.     Granting water licences

              Subdivision 4 - Water sharing rules

   74.      Water sharing rules for unsupplemented groundwater

              Subdivision 5 - Amending water licences

   75.     Amending water licences to state an annual volumetric limit

           Division 4 - Warrill-Bremer alluvial groundwater management area

   76.     Limitation on taking groundwater—Act, s 101
   77.     Decisions about taking groundwater
   78.     Continued taking of groundwater authorised
   79.     Granting water licences
   80.     Granting water licence to take groundwater for allowable urban purpose

           Division 5 - Watercourse buffer zone groundwater management area

   81.     Boundaries of watercourse buffer zone
   82.     Limitation on taking groundwater—Act, s 101
   83.     Continued taking of groundwater authorised

           Division 6 - Converting water licences to water allocations to take supplemented groundwater

              Subdivision 1 - Preliminary

   84.     Purpose of division
   84A.    Definitions

              Subdivision 2 - Water allocations

   84B.    Water licences may be converted to water allocations
   84C.    Location for taking water
   84D.    Nominal volumes for water allocations for water licences held by particular regional councils
   84E.    Nominal volumes—1 licence converted to 2 water allocations
   84F.    Nominal volumes—2 or more licences converted to 2 water allocations
   84G.    Nominal volume—rounding down
   84H.    Priority group
   84I.    Purpose to be stated for taking water
   84J.    Management of water allocations

              Subdivision 3 - Working out irrigable area

   84K.    Working out irrigable area
   84L.    Working out preliminary irrigable area
   84M.    Working out additional irrigable area

   PART 7 - STRATEGIES FOR ACHIEVING OUTCOMES (OVERLAND FLOW WATER)

   85.     Applications for water licences to take overland flow water must not be accepted
   86.     Limitation on taking overland flow water—Act, s 101
   87.     Taking water using particular existing overland flow works authorised
   88.     Notification of reconfiguration of existing overland flow works

   PART 8 - ACCOUNTING PERIOD

   89.     Accounting period for resource operations licences—Water Regulation 2016, s 142

   PART 9 - MONITORING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

   90.     Monitoring and reporting requirements
   91.     (Repealed)
   92.     (Repealed)
   93.     (Repealed)

   PART 10 - IMPLEMENTING AND AMENDING THIS PLAN

   94.     Priority areas for converting to, or granting, water allocations
   95.     Implementation schedule
   96.     Minor or stated amendment of plan—Act, s 51
   97.     Amending or replacing plan

   PART 11 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

   98.     Transitional provision for Water Plan (Moreton) (Warrill Valley Water Supply Scheme) Amendment Plan 2020
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3
           SCHEDULE 4
           SCHEDULE 5
           SCHEDULE 5A
           SCHEDULE 6
           SCHEDULE 7
           SCHEDULE 8
           Schedule 9 (Repealed)
           SCHEDULE 10
           SCHEDULE 11
           SCHEDULE 12
           SCHEDULE 13
           SCHEDULE 14
           SCHEDULE 15