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Water Act 2000
sec.45Making draft water plan
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### sec.45 Making draft water plan
Before finalising a water plan the Minister must make a draft of the plan.
The Minister must consider all of the following in making a draft of a water plan—
regional plans made under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 that apply to the plan area;
environmental values established under the Environmental Protection (Water) Policy 2009 ;
if the draft water plan is within the Queensland Murray-Darling Basin—the Murray-Darling Basin Plan under the Water Act 2007 (Cwlth) ;
the public interest;
the results of any public consultation under section 44 ;
the water-related effects of climate change on water availability;
the interests of any Aboriginal parties or Torres Strait Islander parties in relation to the water resources for the plan area.
s 45 ins 2014 No. 64 s 68
amd 2018 No. 24 s 243
(sec.45-ssec.1) Before finalising a water plan the Minister must make a draft of the plan.
(sec.45-ssec.2) The Minister must consider all of the following in making a draft of a water plan— regional plans made under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 that apply to the plan area; environmental values established under the Environmental Protection (Water) Policy 2009 ; if the draft water plan is within the Queensland Murray-Darling Basin—the Murray-Darling Basin Plan under the Water Act 2007 (Cwlth) ; the public interest; the results of any public consultation under section 44 ; the water-related effects of climate change on water availability; the interests of any Aboriginal parties or Torres Strait Islander parties in relation to the water resources for the plan area. s 45 ins 2014 No. 64 s 68 amd 2018 No. 24 s 243
- (a) regional plans made under the Sustainable Planning Act 2009 that apply to the plan area;
- (b) environmental values established under the Environmental Protection (Water) Policy 2009 ;
- (c) if the draft water plan is within the Queensland Murray-Darling Basin—the Murray-Darling Basin Plan under the Water Act 2007 (Cwlth) ;
- (e) the public interest;
- (f) the results of any public consultation under section 44 ;
- (g) the water-related effects of climate change on water availability;
- (h) the interests of any Aboriginal parties or Torres Strait Islander parties in relation to the water resources for the plan area.