Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made

WATER PLAN (GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN AND OTHER REGIONAL AQUIFERS) 2017 - REG 70

70 Eligibility for water licence for particular projects in the Surat Basin

(1) This section applies to an application for a water licence for unallocated water in the Surat Basin to be granted for a coordinated project if—

(a) the application is mentioned in section 62 (1); and

(b) before the commencement, the coordinator-general decided the project the subject of the application is a coordinated project.

(2) Also, this section applies to an application for a water licence, whether the application was made before or after the commencement, for unallocated water in the Surat Basin to be granted for a project of regional significance if—

(a) before the commencement, the chief executive decided the project the subject of the application is a project of regional significance; or

(b) both of the following apply—

(i) before the commencement, the applicant for the water licence had asked the chief executive to decide whether the project the subject of the application is a project of regional significance; and

(ii) before a process for releasing unallocated water in the Surat Basin for water licences to be granted under this section starts, the chief executive decides the project the subject of the application is a project of regional significance.

(3) For deciding the application—

(a) sections 14 (1), 18 and 19 do not apply; and

(b) part 4, division 5 applies.

(4) A total of 500ML of unallocated water in the Surat Basin may be granted under this section for water licences to take water for a coordinated project mentioned in subsection (1) or project of regional significance mentioned in subsection (2) .

(5) However, a water licence may not be granted under this section after 1 September 2019.

(6) The processes for releasing unallocated water in the Surat Basin for water licences to be granted under this section are the processes stated in part 2, division 2, subdivision 2 of the Water Regulation 2016 .

(7) In this section—

"coordinated project" means a coordinated project under the State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971 .