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Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Act 2023 (No. 111 of 2023).

Country/Territory
Australia
Document type
Legislation
Date
2023
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to amend the Water Act 2007, and for related purposes.
Subject
Water, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Basic legislation River basin institution Freshwater resources management Inland waters Water rights Sustainable development Sustainable use Basin/catchment/watershed Policy/planning Ecosystem preservation Indigenous peoples Institution Biodiversity Wetlands
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Basin
Murray-Darling Basin
Abstract

This Act makes provision with respect to the management and conservation of water resources of the Murray-Darling Basin (MDB) and in particular seeks to re-balance consumptive waters uses and needs of the environment, the latter being under stress because of, among other things, pollution, drought and climate change effects. The Act’s objects include protecting the MDB’s ecological values and ecosystem services, ensuring the return to environmentally sustainable levels of water extraction (Sustainable Diversion Limits) and, subject to these two objects, maximising the net economic returns from the use of the MDB’s resources. The Act also regulates trading in water rights (among other things prohibiting insider trading) and provides for protecting rights of indigenous peoples.

Full text
English
Website
www.legislation.gov.au

References - Legislation

Amends

Basin Plan 2012.

Legislation | Australia | 2012

Keyword: Irrigation, Sustainable use, River basin institution, Freshwater resources management, Inland waters, Basin/catchment/watershed, Policy/planning, Water conservation zone, Water abstraction, Water rights, Registration, Allocation/quota, Sustainable development, Environmental planning, Groundwater, Surface water, Waterworks, Water supply, Water desalination, Water quality standards, Ecosystem preservation, Biodiversity, Wetlands

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Water Act 2007.

Legislation | Australia | 2007 (2021)

Keyword: Basic legislation, River basin institution, Freshwater resources management, Inland waters, Basin/catchment/watershed, Policy/planning, Water conservation zone, Water abstraction, Water rights, Registration, Allocation/quota, Sustainable development, Sustainable use, EIA, Environmental planning, Groundwater, Surface water, Waterworks, Water supply, Ecosystem preservation, Biodiversity, Wetlands

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Competition and Consumer Act 2010.

Legislation | Australia | 1974 (2022)

Keyword: Business/industry/corporations, Internal trade, International relations/cooperation, International trade, Contract/agreement, Offences/penalties, Access-to-information, Institution, Consumer protection, Basic legislation, Crops/grasses, Fish products, Fishing vessel, Fraud, Food quality control/food safety, Meat, Standards

Source: FAO, FAOLEX