Water Plan (Condamine and Balonne) 2019
sec.81Requirement to make and keep records of contaminated agricultural run-off taken
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sec.81 Requirement to make and keep records of contaminated agricultural run-off taken
This section applies to a person who takes overland flow water to which this plan applies if— the water is contaminated agricultural run-off; and the person takes the contaminated agricultural run-off to comply with an obligation on the person under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 . See section 101 of the Act . The person must make a record of the following matters— the volume of contaminated agricultural run-off taken; the date and nature of the activity or event that caused the contaminated agricultural run-off; rainfall, irrigation, spills another matter stated for this section in the water management protocol for this plan. The person must keep the record for 5 years. See section 35 of the Act for when the chief executive may give a person authorised to take water under the Act a notice requiring information about the water taken under the person’s authority. See section 760 of the Act for when an authorised officer may require a person to make available for inspection a document relating to the taking of water. (sec.81-ssec.1) This section applies to a person who takes overland flow water to which this plan applies if— the water is contaminated agricultural run-off; and the person takes the contaminated agricultural run-off to comply with an obligation on the person under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 . See section 101 of the Act . (sec.81-ssec.2) The person must make a record of the following matters— the volume of contaminated agricultural run-off taken; the date and nature of the activity or event that caused the contaminated agricultural run-off; rainfall, irrigation, spills another matter stated for this section in the water management protocol for this plan. (sec.81-ssec.3) The person must keep the record for 5 years. See section 35 of the Act for when the chief executive may give a person authorised to take water under the Act a notice requiring information about the water taken under the person’s authority. See section 760 of the Act for when an authorised officer may require a person to make available for inspection a document relating to the taking of water.
- (a) the water is contaminated agricultural run-off; and
- (b) the person takes the contaminated agricultural run-off to comply with an obligation on the person under the Environmental Protection Act 1994 .
- (a) the volume of contaminated agricultural run-off taken;
- (b) the date and nature of the activity or event that caused the contaminated agricultural run-off; Examples of activities or events that may cause contaminated agricultural run-off— rainfall, irrigation, spills
- (c) another matter stated for this section in the water management protocol for this plan.
- 1 See section 35 of the Act for when the chief executive may give a person authorised to take water under the Act a notice requiring information about the water taken under the person’s authority.