sec.24Matters to be considered for water sharing rules

sec.24 Matters to be considered for water sharing rules

In deciding the water sharing rules to be included in the resource operations plan for authorisations to take water in a part of the plan area, the chief executive must consider— for rules relating to supplemented surface water— any existing water sharing rules; and the extent to which any existing water supply arrangements are linked to the natural occurrence of streamflows; and the frequency, duration, magnitude and timing of limited water availability; and for rules relating to unsupplemented surface water or groundwater— any existing water sharing arrangements; and the local availability of water that may be taken from streamflows, waterholes, bed sands or aquifers; and the conditions for taking water decided under section 75 ; and the daily volumetric limits decided under section 73 ; and the annual volumetric limits decided under section 74 or 87 ; and the impact on authorisations to take water in the plan area; and for rules relating to unsupplemented surface water in the bed sands of the Gilbert River between AMTD 317km and AMTD 263km—the water that is available for taking from the bed sands during periods when water ceases to flow over the bed sands. Subsection (1) does not limit the matters the chief executive may consider. s 24 amd 2014 SL No. 142 s 115 (sec.24-ssec.1) In deciding the water sharing rules to be included in the resource operations plan for authorisations to take water in a part of the plan area, the chief executive must consider— for rules relating to supplemented surface water— any existing water sharing rules; and the extent to which any existing water supply arrangements are linked to the natural occurrence of streamflows; and the frequency, duration, magnitude and timing of limited water availability; and for rules relating to unsupplemented surface water or groundwater— any existing water sharing arrangements; and the local availability of water that may be taken from streamflows, waterholes, bed sands or aquifers; and the conditions for taking water decided under section 75 ; and the daily volumetric limits decided under section 73 ; and the annual volumetric limits decided under section 74 or 87 ; and the impact on authorisations to take water in the plan area; and for rules relating to unsupplemented surface water in the bed sands of the Gilbert River between AMTD 317km and AMTD 263km—the water that is available for taking from the bed sands during periods when water ceases to flow over the bed sands. (sec.24-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not limit the matters the chief executive may consider.

• (a) for rules relating to supplemented surface water— (i) any existing water sharing rules; and (ii) the extent to which any existing water supply arrangements are linked to the natural occurrence of streamflows; and (iii) the frequency, duration, magnitude and timing of limited water availability; and