Water Plan (Border Rivers and Moonie) 2019
sec.58Working out maximum storage capacity
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sec.58 Working out maximum storage capacity
This section applies for working out, for section 56 (1) (b) (ii) , the maximum storage capacity of works that may be used to store overland flow water. The chief executive— if a certified report for the works has been requested under section 62 (4) (a) (iii) —must have regard to the certified report for the works given to the chief executive; and may have regard to any other relevant information available to the chief executive. However, the chief executive must disregard the storage capacity of— bunded land; or land used for irrigated or dryland agriculture; or land surrounded by levees. See section 39 (1) (c) for when a person may take overland flow water using existing overland flow works. In this section— bunded land means land on which a permanent or temporary levee is constructed to divert overland flow water away from land used for agricultural or horticultural production. (sec.58-ssec.1) This section applies for working out, for section 56 (1) (b) (ii) , the maximum storage capacity of works that may be used to store overland flow water. (sec.58-ssec.2) The chief executive— if a certified report for the works has been requested under section 62 (4) (a) (iii) —must have regard to the certified report for the works given to the chief executive; and may have regard to any other relevant information available to the chief executive. (sec.58-ssec.3) However, the chief executive must disregard the storage capacity of— bunded land; or land used for irrigated or dryland agriculture; or land surrounded by levees. See section 39 (1) (c) for when a person may take overland flow water using existing overland flow works. (sec.58-ssec.4) In this section— bunded land means land on which a permanent or temporary levee is constructed to divert overland flow water away from land used for agricultural or horticultural production.
- (a) if a certified report for the works has been requested under section 62 (4) (a) (iii) —must have regard to the certified report for the works given to the chief executive; and
- (b) may have regard to any other relevant information available to the chief executive.
- (a) bunded land; or
- (b) land used for irrigated or dryland agriculture; or
- (c) land surrounded by levees.