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Water Act 2000
sec.361Purpose of ch 3
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### sec.361 Purpose of ch 3
The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the management of impacts on underground water caused by the exercise of underground water rights by resource tenure holders.
This purpose is achieved primarily by—
providing a regulatory framework to—
require resource tenure holders to monitor and assess the impact of the exercise of underground water rights on water bores and to enter into make good agreements with the owners of the bores; and
require the preparation of underground water impact reports that establish underground water obligations, including obligations to monitor and manage impacts on aquifers and springs; and
manage the cumulative impacts of the exercise of 2 or more resource tenure holders’ underground water rights on underground water; and
giving the chief executive and the office functions and powers for managing underground water.
s 361 prev s 361 om 2008 No. 34 s 714
pres s 361 ins 2010 No. 53 s 195
amd 2012 No. 39 s 52 ; 2014 No. 64 s 69
(sec.361-ssec.1) The purpose of this chapter is to provide for the management of impacts on underground water caused by the exercise of underground water rights by resource tenure holders.
(sec.361-ssec.2) This purpose is achieved primarily by— providing a regulatory framework to— require resource tenure holders to monitor and assess the impact of the exercise of underground water rights on water bores and to enter into make good agreements with the owners of the bores; and require the preparation of underground water impact reports that establish underground water obligations, including obligations to monitor and manage impacts on aquifers and springs; and manage the cumulative impacts of the exercise of 2 or more resource tenure holders’ underground water rights on underground water; and giving the chief executive and the office functions and powers for managing underground water.
- (a) providing a regulatory framework to— (i) require resource tenure holders to monitor and assess the impact of the exercise of underground water rights on water bores and to enter into make good agreements with the owners of the bores; and (ii) require the preparation of underground water impact reports that establish underground water obligations, including obligations to monitor and manage impacts on aquifers and springs; and (iii) manage the cumulative impacts of the exercise of 2 or more resource tenure holders’ underground water rights on underground water; and
- (i) require resource tenure holders to monitor and assess the impact of the exercise of underground water rights on water bores and to enter into make good agreements with the owners of the bores; and
- (ii) require the preparation of underground water impact reports that establish underground water obligations, including obligations to monitor and manage impacts on aquifers and springs; and
- (iii) manage the cumulative impacts of the exercise of 2 or more resource tenure holders’ underground water rights on underground water; and
- (b) giving the chief executive and the office functions and powers for managing underground water.
- (i) require resource tenure holders to monitor and assess the impact of the exercise of underground water rights on water bores and to enter into make good agreements with the owners of the bores; and
- (ii) require the preparation of underground water impact reports that establish underground water obligations, including obligations to monitor and manage impacts on aquifers and springs; and
- (iii) manage the cumulative impacts of the exercise of 2 or more resource tenure holders’ underground water rights on underground water; and