sec.69Water management protocol— Act , ss 43 and 67

sec.69 Water management protocol— Act , ss 43 and 67

For section 43 (2) (l) of the Act , a water management protocol must be prepared for the plan area. For section 67 of the Act , the water management protocol must address the following matters for the plan area— the volumes of unallocated water reserved for stated purposes or stated locations; the process for releasing unallocated water held as an Indigenous reserve; the criteria and process for deciding applications for a seasonal water assignment or relocation of a water licence; for water allocations managed under a resource operations licence—the water allocation dealing rules; for water allocations not managed under a resource operations licence— the seasonal water assignment rules; and the water allocation dealing rules; and the water sharing rules; the water sharing rules for water licences to take underground water in the Atherton underground water management area; monitoring requirements for water and natural ecosystems in the plan area. (sec.69-ssec.1) For section 43 (2) (l) of the Act , a water management protocol must be prepared for the plan area. (sec.69-ssec.2) For section 67 of the Act , the water management protocol must address the following matters for the plan area— the volumes of unallocated water reserved for stated purposes or stated locations; the process for releasing unallocated water held as an Indigenous reserve; the criteria and process for deciding applications for a seasonal water assignment or relocation of a water licence; for water allocations managed under a resource operations licence—the water allocation dealing rules; for water allocations not managed under a resource operations licence— the seasonal water assignment rules; and the water allocation dealing rules; and the water sharing rules; the water sharing rules for water licences to take underground water in the Atherton underground water management area; monitoring requirements for water and natural ecosystems in the plan area.

• (a) the volumes of unallocated water reserved for stated purposes or stated locations;
• (b) the process for releasing unallocated water held as an Indigenous reserve;
• (c) the criteria and process for deciding applications for a seasonal water assignment or relocation of a water licence;
• (d) for water allocations managed under a resource operations licence—the water allocation dealing rules;
• (e) for water allocations not managed under a resource operations licence— (i) the seasonal water assignment rules; and (ii) the water allocation dealing rules; and (iii) the water sharing rules;
• (i) the seasonal water assignment rules; and
• (ii) the water allocation dealing rules; and
• (iii) the water sharing rules;
• (f) the water sharing rules for water licences to take underground water in the Atherton underground water management area;