sec.89Water management protocol— Act , s 43

sec.89 Water management protocol— Act , s 43

For section 43 (2) (l) of the Act , a water management protocol must be prepared for the plan area. The water management protocol must state the following matters for the plan area— the volumes of unallocated water reserved for stated purposes or stated locations; the criteria and process for deciding applications for a seasonal water assignment; 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; monitoring requirements for water and natural ecosystems. The water management protocol may state the following matters for the plan area— the criteria and process for deciding applications for relocation of a water licence; the arrangements for interstate trading between the State and New South Wales; a process for conducting an underground water impact assessment in relation to— a proposed dealing with a water licence; or a proposed water allocation dealing. a matter for which a record must be made and kept under section 88 . Subsections (2) and (3) do not limit the matters that may be stated in the water management protocol. In this section— underground water impact assessment , in relation to a proposed dealing mentioned in subsection (3) (c) (i) or (ii) , means an impact assessment carried out to work out whether the impact of approving the proposed dealing on holders of other water entitlements is unacceptable. (sec.89-ssec.1) For section 43 (2) (l) of the Act , a water management protocol must be prepared for the plan area. (sec.89-ssec.2) The water management protocol must state the following matters for the plan area— the volumes of unallocated water reserved for stated purposes or stated locations; the criteria and process for deciding applications for a seasonal water assignment; 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; monitoring requirements for water and natural ecosystems. (sec.89-ssec.3) The water management protocol may state the following matters for the plan area— the criteria and process for deciding applications for relocation of a water licence; the arrangements for interstate trading between the State and New South Wales; a process for conducting an underground water impact assessment in relation to— a proposed dealing with a water licence; or a proposed water allocation dealing. a matter for which a record must be made and kept under section 88 . (sec.89-ssec.4) Subsections (2) and (3) do not limit the matters that may be stated in the water management protocol. (sec.89-ssec.5) In this section— underground water impact assessment , in relation to a proposed dealing mentioned in subsection (3) (c) (i) or (ii) , means an impact assessment carried out to work out whether the impact of approving the proposed dealing on holders of other water entitlements is unacceptable.