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Water Plan (Border Rivers and Moonie) 2019.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
Queensland
Document type
Miscellaneous
Date
2019
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Freshwater resources management Policy/planning Allocation/quota Monitoring Waterworks Basin/catchment/watershed Inland waters
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Entry into force notes
This Plan enters into force on 22 February 2019.
Abstract

The purposes of this Plan, consisting of 96 sections divided into 13 Parts and completed by 15 Schedules, are to perform the following activities: (a) define the availability of water to which this plan applies; (b) provide a framework for sustainably managing water to which this plan applies; (c) identify priorities and mechanisms for dealing with the future water requirements in the plan area; (d) provide a framework for managing water allocations; and (e) provide a framework for reversing, where practicable, the degradation of natural ecosystems caused by the taking of, or interference with, water to which this plan applies. The Plan is divided as follows: Plan area, water to which plan applies and other matters (Part 2); Water plan outcomes (Part 3); Measures for achieving water plan outcomes (Part 4); Objectives and performance indicators (Part 5); Garden size and volume of water for watering (Part 6); Particular decisions about allocation or management of water (Part 7); Limitations on taking or interfering with water (Part 8); Unallocated water (Part 9); Water licences (Part 10); Water allocations (Part 11); Miscellaneous (Part 12); and Expiry and transitional provisions (Part 13).

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

References - Legislation

Implements

Water Act 2000.

Legislation | Australia | 2000 (2023)

Keyword: Framework law, Freshwater resources management, Institution, Water rights, Water charges, Well sinking/boreholes, Irrigation, Drainage/land reclamation, Groundwater, Right to water, Sustainable development, Indigenous peoples, Human rights

Source: FAO, FAOLEX