sec.1203Existing process to amend Water Resource (Condamine and Balonne) Plan 2004

### sec.1203 Existing process to amend Water Resource (Condamine and Balonne) Plan 2004 Despite section 96, the chief executive need not prepare a resource operations plan, to implement the proposed amending water resource plan, concurrently with the Minister’s preparation of the draft water resource plan. If the chief executive does not prepare a resource operations plan, to implement the proposed amending water resource plan, before the water resource plan commences— the chief executive must prepare a resource operations plan, to implement the amending water resource plan, as soon as practical after the amending water resource plan commences; and after the amending water resource plan commences and until the resource operations plan implementing it commences, the Condamine and Balonne Resource Operations Plan 2008 ( existing ROP ) is taken to be the resource operations plan for the amending water resource plan. However, to the extent of any inconsistency between the amending water resource plan and the existing ROP, the existing ROP prevails, unless the amending water resource plan expressly provides otherwise. Section 100(3) does not apply to— the draft amending water resource plan (if any); or the proposed draft amending resource operations plan (if any) to implement the proposed amending water resource plan. Section 104B does not apply to— the final draft amending water resource plan (if any); or the final draft amending resource operations plan (if any) to implement the proposed amending water resource plan. In this section— proposed amending water resource plan means the proposed amending water resource plan under the notice of intention to prepare a draft water resource plan to amend the Water Resource (Condamine and Balonne) Plan 2004 published by the Minister under old section 40 on 14 August 2009. The notice may be viewed on the department’s website. s 1203 ins 2011 No. 40 s 92 (sec.1203-ssec.1) Despite section 96, the chief executive need not prepare a resource operations plan, to implement the proposed amending water resource plan, concurrently with the Minister’s preparation of the draft water resource plan. (sec.1203-ssec.2) If the chief executive does not prepare a resource operations plan, to implement the proposed amending water resource plan, before the water resource plan commences— the chief executive must prepare a resource operations plan, to implement the amending water resource plan, as soon as practical after the amending water resource plan commences; and after the amending water resource plan commences and until the resource operations plan implementing it commences, the Condamine and Balonne Resource Operations Plan 2008 ( existing ROP ) is taken to be the resource operations plan for the amending water resource plan. (sec.1203-ssec.3) However, to the extent of any inconsistency between the amending water resource plan and the existing ROP, the existing ROP prevails, unless the amending water resource plan expressly provides otherwise. (sec.1203-ssec.4) Section 100(3) does not apply to— the draft amending water resource plan (if any); or the proposed draft amending resource operations plan (if any) to implement the proposed amending water resource plan. (sec.1203-ssec.5) Section 104B does not apply to— the final draft amending water resource plan (if any); or the final draft amending resource operations plan (if any) to implement the proposed amending water resource plan. (sec.1203-ssec.6) In this section— proposed amending water resource plan means the proposed amending water resource plan under the notice of intention to prepare a draft water resource plan to amend the Water Resource (Condamine and Balonne) Plan 2004 published by the Minister under old section 40 on 14 August 2009. The notice may be viewed on the department’s website. - (a) the chief executive must prepare a resource operations plan, to implement the amending water resource plan, as soon as practical after the amending water resource plan commences; and - (b) after the amending water resource plan commences and until the resource operations plan implementing it commences, the Condamine and Balonne Resource Operations Plan 2008 ( existing ROP ) is taken to be the resource operations plan for the amending water resource plan. - (a) the draft amending water resource plan (if any); or - (b) the proposed draft amending resource operations plan (if any) to implement the proposed amending water resource plan. - (a) the final draft amending water resource plan (if any); or - (b) the final draft amending resource operations plan (if any) to implement the proposed amending water resource plan.