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Water Act 1992
113Application to mining and petroleum activity
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113 Application to mining and petroleum activity
The former Act continues to apply in relation to a mining activity or
petroleum activity if:
(a) the activity is not related to hydraulic fracturing; and
(b) the activity involves interfering with a waterway, taking surface
water, taking groundwater, bore work or recharging an aquifer;
and
(c) the activity is conducted in accordance with:
(i) a mining management plan approved under the Mining
Management Act 2001; or
(ii) an environment management plan approved under the
Petroleum Act 1984; and
(d) the activity started:
(i) before the end of the transition period; or
(ii) after the transition period, but the application for the
management plan was made before the end of the
transition period and was approved without change.