Water Plan (Cape York) 2019
sec.17Water plan outcomes—economic
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sec.17 Water plan outcomes—economic
The economic water plan outcomes for this plan are— to maintain the probability of being able to take water to which this plan applies under an authorisation; and to support the effective and efficient operation of the market in water allocations and relocatable water licences; and to facilitate economic development through the growth and expansion of industries dependent on water resources in the plan area; and to maintain the availability of water to which this plan applies for industries dependent on water resources in the plan area, including, for example, grazing, irrigated agriculture, mining, fishing and tourism; and to make water to which this plan applies available to support the economic aspirations of Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders; and to provide a flow regime that supports the suitability of water for industries dependent on water resources in the plan area. In this section— relocatable water licence means a water licence that the water management protocol states may be relocated, in whole or in part, by amending the licence to change the location from which water may be taken under the licence. (sec.17-ssec.1) The economic water plan outcomes for this plan are— to maintain the probability of being able to take water to which this plan applies under an authorisation; and to support the effective and efficient operation of the market in water allocations and relocatable water licences; and to facilitate economic development through the growth and expansion of industries dependent on water resources in the plan area; and to maintain the availability of water to which this plan applies for industries dependent on water resources in the plan area, including, for example, grazing, irrigated agriculture, mining, fishing and tourism; and to make water to which this plan applies available to support the economic aspirations of Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders; and to provide a flow regime that supports the suitability of water for industries dependent on water resources in the plan area. (sec.17-ssec.2) In this section— relocatable water licence means a water licence that the water management protocol states may be relocated, in whole or in part, by amending the licence to change the location from which water may be taken under the licence.
- (a) to maintain the probability of being able to take water to which this plan applies under an authorisation; and
- (b) to support the effective and efficient operation of the market in water allocations and relocatable water licences; and
- (c) to facilitate economic development through the growth and expansion of industries dependent on water resources in the plan area; and
- (d) to maintain the availability of water to which this plan applies for industries dependent on water resources in the plan area, including, for example, grazing, irrigated agriculture, mining, fishing and tourism; and