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

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WATER PLAN (GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN AND OTHER REGIONAL AQUIFERS) 2017 - SCHEDULE 6

SCHEDULE 6 – Dictionary

"Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders economic reserve" means a volume of unallocated water available only for allocation for a purpose stated in section 17 (4).

"authorisation" means each of the following—

(a) a water licence;

(b) a water permit;

(c) a statutory authorisation to take or interfere with water.

"bore owner" , of a water bore, means—

(a) if the water activities of a category 2 water authority include taking water using the bore—the water authority; or

(b) otherwise—the owner of the land on which the bore is located.

"controlled" , for a water bore, see section 29 (1).

"cumulative drawdown" , for a groundwater-dependent ecosystem, means the sum of the long-term drawdowns for the ecosystem of the decisions made about water licences, and the water licences cancelled or surrendered, on or after—

(a) for the Yelarbon Desert groundwater-dependent ecosystem and the groundwater-dependent ecosystems connected to the Betts Creek beds, Normanton and Winton Mackunda groundwater units and the Cape Rolling Downs groundwater sub-area—the commencement; or

(b) otherwise—23 February 2007.

"drawdown" , at a location from which water may be taken for a decision, means an estimate, in metres, of the reduction in the groundwater pressure at that location resulting from making the decision.

"general reserve" means a volume of unallocated water available for allocation for any purpose.

"government funding" means financial assistance, other than a loan, provided by the Commonwealth Government, the government of a State or a local government for the stated purpose of installing bore works for a water bore.

"groundwater-dependent ecosystem" see section 5 .

"groundwater sub-area" see section 9 (2).

"groundwater unit" see section 8 (2).

"long-term drawdown" , for a groundwater-dependent ecosystem for a decision about a water licence or the cancellation or surrender of a water licence, means an estimate of the change, in metres, in groundwater pressure underneath the groundwater-dependent ecosystem resulting from—

(a) making the decision; or

(b) the water licence being cancelled or surrendered.

"make good condition" , for part 5, division 4, see section 56 (b).

"maximum drawdown" means a drawdown of 5m.

"particular authorisation" means a statutory authorisation to take or interfere with water from—

(a) the following groundwater units—
• Betts Creek beds

• Normanton

• Winton Mackunda

(b) the Cape Rolling Downs groundwater sub-area.

"plan outcomes" means the outcomes stated in section 12 (a)(i) to (vi).

"State reserve" means a volume of unallocated water available only for allocation for a purpose stated in section 17 (2).

"trough" means a box-like receptacle for containing water.

"unallocated water reserve" means any of the following—

(a) general reserve;

(b) State reserve;

(c) Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders economic reserve.

"volumetric limit" , for a water licence, means the maximum volume of water, in megalitres, that may be taken under the licence during a water year.

"watertight delivery system" , for a water bore, see section 29 (2).

"zone" see section 10 .

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