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Water Act 2000
sec.1009Public inspection and purchase of documents
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### sec.1009 Public inspection and purchase of documents
The chief executive must keep a copy of the following documents available for inspection by the public—
until a water plan is approved for a plan area—the draft water plan publicly notified for the area under section 46 ;
each approved water plan;
each periodic report for a water plan prepared under section 49 ;
each approved water use plan;
each approved water management protocol;
each resource operations licence;
each distributions operations licence;
each interim resource operations licence;
each operations licence;
each interim water allocation;
each water licence;
each water permit, including seasonal water assignments;
each riverine protection permit issued;
each notice of existing works that allow taking overland flow water required to be given to the chief executive under a water plan;
each allocation notice given to an applicant under section 230 ;
each water bore driller’s licence;
each private water supply agreement.
The chief executive may comply with subsection (1) by making a copy of a document mentioned in that subsection available for inspection by the public in any way the chief executive considers appropriate, including, for example, by—
publishing the copy on a Queensland Government website; or
making the copy available for inspection by the public, at an office of the department, during office hours on business days.
On payment of a fee, a person may purchase a copy of a document available for inspection under this section.
The fee for the copy of the document must not be more than the reasonable cost of publishing the copy.
s 1009 amd 2005 No. 19 s 158 ; 2008 No. 34 s 741 ; 2011 No. 40 s 91 ; 2013 No. 23 s 352 sch 1 pt 1
sub 2014 No. 64 s 188 (amd 2016 No. 60 s 17 )
amd 2023 No. 24 s 27
(sec.1009-ssec.1) The chief executive must keep a copy of the following documents available for inspection by the public— until a water plan is approved for a plan area—the draft water plan publicly notified for the area under section 46 ; each approved water plan; each periodic report for a water plan prepared under section 49 ; each approved water use plan; each approved water management protocol; each resource operations licence; each distributions operations licence; each interim resource operations licence; each operations licence; each interim water allocation; each water licence; each water permit, including seasonal water assignments; each riverine protection permit issued; each notice of existing works that allow taking overland flow water required to be given to the chief executive under a water plan; each allocation notice given to an applicant under section 230 ; each water bore driller’s licence; each private water supply agreement.
(sec.1009-ssec.2) The chief executive may comply with subsection (1) by making a copy of a document mentioned in that subsection available for inspection by the public in any way the chief executive considers appropriate, including, for example, by— publishing the copy on a Queensland Government website; or making the copy available for inspection by the public, at an office of the department, during office hours on business days.
(sec.1009-ssec.3) On payment of a fee, a person may purchase a copy of a document available for inspection under this section.
(sec.1009-ssec.4) The fee for the copy of the document must not be more than the reasonable cost of publishing the copy.
- (a) until a water plan is approved for a plan area—the draft water plan publicly notified for the area under section 46 ;
- (b) each approved water plan;
- (c) each periodic report for a water plan prepared under section 49 ;
- (d) each approved water use plan;
- (e) each approved water management protocol;
- (f) each resource operations licence;
- (g) each distributions operations licence;
- (h) each interim resource operations licence;
- (i) each operations licence;
- (j) each interim water allocation;
- (k) each water licence;
- (l) each water permit, including seasonal water assignments;
- (m) each riverine protection permit issued;
- (n) each notice of existing works that allow taking overland flow water required to be given to the chief executive under a water plan;
- (o) each allocation notice given to an applicant under section 230 ;
- (p) each water bore driller’s licence;
- (q) each private water supply agreement.
- (a) publishing the copy on a Queensland Government website; or
- (b) making the copy available for inspection by the public, at an office of the department, during office hours on business days.