sec.398Requirements for baseline assessment timetable

### sec.398 Requirements for baseline assessment timetable If the resource tenure is a petroleum tenure, the baseline assessment timetable must provide for a baseline assessment to be undertaken for each water bore located in a priority area for the tenure by the earliest of the following— before production testing starts, if— the bore in the priority area is located within 2km of the production testing; and during the production testing, water will be taken from the aquifer supplying the water bore; before production of petroleum starts in the priority area; the day after a period of 30 days, whether continuous or not, of undertaking production testing in the priority area. However, subsection (1) (a) does not apply if the petroleum tenure holder obtains the written agreement of the owner of the water bore to a baseline assessment being undertaken on a later day. Subject to subsection (4) , if the resource tenure is a mining tenure, the baseline assessment timetable must provide for a baseline assessment to be undertaken for each water bore in a priority area before the exercise of underground water rights in the priority area. If the chief executive gives the holder of a mining tenure a notice under section 394A (5) (a) , the baseline assessment timetable must state a day by which a baseline assessment will be undertaken for each water bore in a priority area. A baseline assessment timetable must state the rationale for each date by which baseline assessments will be undertaken. s 398 prev s 398 ins 2005 No. 56 s 10 om 2008 No. 34 s 714 pres s 398 ins 2010 No. 53 s 195 sub 2014 No. 64 s 102 (sec.398-ssec.1) If the resource tenure is a petroleum tenure, the baseline assessment timetable must provide for a baseline assessment to be undertaken for each water bore located in a priority area for the tenure by the earliest of the following— before production testing starts, if— the bore in the priority area is located within 2km of the production testing; and during the production testing, water will be taken from the aquifer supplying the water bore; before production of petroleum starts in the priority area; the day after a period of 30 days, whether continuous or not, of undertaking production testing in the priority area. (sec.398-ssec.2) However, subsection (1) (a) does not apply if the petroleum tenure holder obtains the written agreement of the owner of the water bore to a baseline assessment being undertaken on a later day. (sec.398-ssec.3) Subject to subsection (4) , if the resource tenure is a mining tenure, the baseline assessment timetable must provide for a baseline assessment to be undertaken for each water bore in a priority area before the exercise of underground water rights in the priority area. (sec.398-ssec.4) If the chief executive gives the holder of a mining tenure a notice under section 394A (5) (a) , the baseline assessment timetable must state a day by which a baseline assessment will be undertaken for each water bore in a priority area. (sec.398-ssec.5) A baseline assessment timetable must state the rationale for each date by which baseline assessments will be undertaken. - (a) before production testing starts, if— (i) the bore in the priority area is located within 2km of the production testing; and (ii) during the production testing, water will be taken from the aquifer supplying the water bore; - (i) the bore in the priority area is located within 2km of the production testing; and - (ii) during the production testing, water will be taken from the aquifer supplying the water bore; - (b) before production of petroleum starts in the priority area; - (c) the day after a period of 30 days, whether continuous or not, of undertaking production testing in the priority area. - (i) the bore in the priority area is located within 2km of the production testing; and - (ii) during the production testing, water will be taken from the aquifer supplying the water bore;