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Water Plan (Cape York) 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 Authorization/permit Traditional rights/customary rights Sustainable use 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 1 September 2019.
Abstract

The purposes of this Plan, consisting of 67 sections divided into 11 Parts and completed by 9 Schedules, are to perform the following activities: (a) to define the availability of water to which this plan applies; (b) to provide a framework for sustainably managing water to which this plan applies; (c) to identify priorities and mechanisms for dealing with future water requirements in the plan area; (d) to regulate the taking of and interference with surface water, and the taking of underground water, to which this plan applies; (e) to provide a framework for establishing and managing water allocations; (f) to provide access to water resources to help Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders achieve their economic, social and cultural aspirations; and (g) to provide a framework for preventing or, if practicable, reversing the degradation of natural ecosystems caused by the taking of and 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); Strategies for achieving water plan outcomes (Part 6); Limitations on taking or interfering with water (Part 7); Unallocated water (Part 8); Converting water licences to water allocations to take unsupplemented water (Part 9); Water licences (Part 10); Implementing and amending this plan (Part 11).

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