Water Plan (Gulf) 2007
sec.46Matters to be considered for infrastructure operating rules
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sec.46 Matters to be considered for infrastructure operating rules
In deciding the infrastructure operating rules to be included in the resource operations plan for water infrastructure for supplemented surface water, the chief executive must consider— the impact of the infrastructure’s operation on the following— instream water levels; bed and banks of watercourses; riparian vegetation; and the extent to which artificial variations in instream water levels and flows may adversely affect natural ecosystems; and the impact of the transfer of water between watercourses; and the likelihood of fish deaths caused by the operation of the infrastructure; and the matters mentioned in section 23 (1) (a) and (b) . Subsection (1) does not limit the matters the chief executive may consider. s 46 amd 2014 SL No. 142 s 120 (sec.46-ssec.1) In deciding the infrastructure operating rules to be included in the resource operations plan for water infrastructure for supplemented surface water, the chief executive must consider— the impact of the infrastructure’s operation on the following— instream water levels; bed and banks of watercourses; riparian vegetation; and the extent to which artificial variations in instream water levels and flows may adversely affect natural ecosystems; and the impact of the transfer of water between watercourses; and the likelihood of fish deaths caused by the operation of the infrastructure; and the matters mentioned in section 23 (1) (a) and (b) . (sec.46-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not limit the matters the chief executive may consider.
- (a) the impact of the infrastructure’s operation on the following— (i) instream water levels; (ii) bed and banks of watercourses; (iii) riparian vegetation; and
- (i) instream water levels;
- (ii) bed and banks of watercourses;
- (iii) riparian vegetation; and
- (b) the extent to which artificial variations in instream water levels and flows may adversely affect natural ecosystems; and
- (c) the impact of the transfer of water between watercourses; and
- (d) the likelihood of fish deaths caused by the operation of the infrastructure; and
- (e) the matters mentioned in section 23 (1) (a) and (b) .
- (i) instream water levels;
- (ii) bed and banks of watercourses;
- (iii) riparian vegetation; and