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Water Act 1989.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
Victoria
Document type
Legislation
Date
1989 (2023)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Framework law Policy/planning Freshwater resources management Allocation/quota Authorization/permit Concession Priorities Inland waters Freshwater pollution Drainage/land reclamation Irrigation Water rights Institution Water conservation zone Equipment Access-to-information Surface water Groundwater Basin/catchment/watershed Water abstraction Well sinking/boreholes Servitude Water supply Sewerage Recreational water use Waterworks Pollution control
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Abstract

The Act, consisting of numerous sections divided into 30 Parts and completed by 7 Schedules, is a comprehensive enactment providing for preliminary matters (Part 1), rights and liabilities (2), water resources assessment and accounting (3), establishment of the Victorian Environmental Water Holder (3AA), water shares (3A), water allocation (bulk entitlements and licences) (4), delivery of interstate water (4A), water use licences and water use registrations (4B), water works (5), levee maintenance on Crown land (5AA), Victorian water register (5A), water corporations (6), districts and land management areas (6A), duties of water corporations (6B), storage managers (6C), powers of Government (7), reconfiguration plans (7A), water supply (8), sewerage (9), waterway management (10), irrigation (11), salinity mitigation (11A), access over lands (12), finance and accountability (13), process for transfer of property of authorities (13A), procedures for making by-laws (13B), enforcement (14), general provisions (15), transitional, validation and other provisions — Water and Catchment Legislation Amendment Act 2019 (16), transitional provisions — Water and Catchment Legislation Amendment Act 2021 (17), amendments consequential to the repeal of Part 1B of the Water Industry Act 1994 (18).

Full text
English
Website
www.legislation.vic.gov.au

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Water (Resource Management) Regulations 2007.

Legislation | Australia | 2007 (2014)

Keyword: Water supply, Registration, Royalties/fees, Allocation/quota, Waterworks

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Water (Permanent Transfer of Water Rights) Regulations 2001.

Legislation | Australia | 2001 (2008)

Keyword: Water rights, Royalties/fees

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Water (Notice of Disposition of Land) Regulations 2010.

Legislation | Australia | 2010

Keyword: Transfer, Access-to-information, Water rights

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Water (Register of Interests) Regulations 2010.

Legislation | Australia | 2010

Keyword: Water rights, Registration, Access-to-information

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Water (Notice of Disposition of Land) Regulations 1990 (S.R. No. 204).

Legislation | Australia | 1990

Keyword: Transfer, Access-to-information

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Water (Register of Interest) Regulations 1990.

Legislation | Australia | 1990

Keyword: Water rights, Registration, Institution, Access-to-information

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Water (Notice of Disposition of Land) Regulations 2000.

Legislation | Australia | 2000

Keyword: Transfer, Access-to-information

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Water (Register of Interest) Regulations 2000.

Legislation | Australia | 2000

Keyword: Water rights, Registration, Access-to-information

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Water (Groundwater) Regulations 2002.

Legislation | Australia | 2002

Keyword: Groundwater, Water rights, Well sinking/boreholes, Data collection/reporting

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Water (Subdivisional Easements and Reserves) Regulations 2011.

Legislation | Australia | 2011

Keyword: Waterworks

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Water (Drillers’ Licences) Regulations 2012.

Legislation | Australia | 2012

Keyword: Groundwater, Well sinking/boreholes, Waterworks, Authorization/permit

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Water (Trade Waste) Regulations 2014.

Legislation | Australia | 2014

Keyword: Waste disposal, Waste management, Freshwater pollution, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Effluent waste water/discharge, Internal trade, International trade, Pollution control

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Water (Resource Management) Regulations 2017 (S.R. No. 123/2017).

Legislation | Australia | 2017

Keyword: Water supply, Registration, Royalties/fees, Allocation/quota, Waterworks

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Water (Governance) Act, 2006.

Legislation | Australia | 2006

Keyword: Water supply, Institution

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Melbourne Water Corporation Act 1992.

Legislation | Australia | 1992 (2001)

Keyword: Institution, Water supply, Sewerage

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Water (Irrigation Farm Dams) Act 2002 (Act No. 5/2002).

Legislation | Australia | 2002

Keyword: Freshwater resources management, Irrigation, Water conservation zone, Water supply, Waterworks, Groundwater, Well sinking/boreholes

Source: FAO, FAOLEX