sec.25Preparing and implementing process in resource operations plan generally

sec.25 Preparing and implementing process in resource operations plan generally

Unallocated water may be dealt with only under a process in the resource operations plan. In preparing and implementing the process, the chief executive must consider the following— the purpose for which the water is required; the efficiency of existing and proposed water use practices; the extent to which water in the plan area is being taken under authorisations; the availability of an alternative water supply for the purpose for which the water is required; the impact the proposed taking of, or interfering with, the water may have on existing water users in the plan area; whether the proposed taking or interfering is likely to have a direct adverse effect on groundwater flows; the matters mentioned in section 18 (1) (a) and (b) . The resource operations plan must state that use, for irrigation, of water taken under a water licence granted under the process requires a land and water management plan approved under section 77 of the Act . Subsection (1) does not limit the matters the chief executive may consider. (sec.25-ssec.1) Unallocated water may be dealt with only under a process in the resource operations plan. (sec.25-ssec.2) In preparing and implementing the process, the chief executive must consider the following— the purpose for which the water is required; the efficiency of existing and proposed water use practices; the extent to which water in the plan area is being taken under authorisations; the availability of an alternative water supply for the purpose for which the water is required; the impact the proposed taking of, or interfering with, the water may have on existing water users in the plan area; whether the proposed taking or interfering is likely to have a direct adverse effect on groundwater flows; the matters mentioned in section 18 (1) (a) and (b) . (sec.25-ssec.3) The resource operations plan must state that use, for irrigation, of water taken under a water licence granted under the process requires a land and water management plan approved under section 77 of the Act . (sec.25-ssec.4) Subsection (1) does not limit the matters the chief executive may consider.

• (a) the purpose for which the water is required;
• (b) the efficiency of existing and proposed water use practices;
• (c) the extent to which water in the plan area is being taken under authorisations;
• (d) the availability of an alternative water supply for the purpose for which the water is required;
• (e) the impact the proposed taking of, or interfering with, the water may have on existing water users in the plan area;
• (f) whether the proposed taking or interfering is likely to have a direct adverse effect on groundwater flows;
• (g) the matters mentioned in section 18 (1) (a) and (b) .