sec.54Implementation schedule

sec.54 Implementation schedule

This section states— the proposed arrangements for implementing this plan; and the priorities for the conversion to or granting of water allocations. Within 1 year after the commencement of this plan, it is proposed to prepare a resource operations plan— to convert authorisations to take surface water in a surface water priority area to water allocations; and to deal with unallocated surface water available for future water requirements in the plan area; and for surface water in a priority area—to make environmental management rules, water sharing rules, water allocation change rules and seasonal water assignment rules; and to implement the monitoring requirements in part 6 . Within 3 years after the commencement of this plan, it is proposed to prepare a new resource operations plan or amend the plan mentioned in subsection (2) to amend licences to be consistent with this plan. Within 1 year after the plan amendment day, it is proposed to amend the resource operations plan to convert authorisations to take groundwater in the groundwater priority area to water allocations to take groundwater. Subsections (2) , (3) and (4) do not limit the matters that may be included in the resource operations plan. In this section— groundwater priority area see schedule 9 , section 4 . surface water priority area means a priority area other than the groundwater priority area. s 54 amd 2009 SL No. 212 s 47 (sec.54-ssec.1) This section states— the proposed arrangements for implementing this plan; and the priorities for the conversion to or granting of water allocations. (sec.54-ssec.2) Within 1 year after the commencement of this plan, it is proposed to prepare a resource operations plan— to convert authorisations to take surface water in a surface water priority area to water allocations; and to deal with unallocated surface water available for future water requirements in the plan area; and for surface water in a priority area—to make environmental management rules, water sharing rules, water allocation change rules and seasonal water assignment rules; and to implement the monitoring requirements in part 6 . (sec.54-ssec.3) Within 3 years after the commencement of this plan, it is proposed to prepare a new resource operations plan or amend the plan mentioned in subsection (2) to amend licences to be consistent with this plan. (sec.54-ssec.4) Within 1 year after the plan amendment day, it is proposed to amend the resource operations plan to convert authorisations to take groundwater in the groundwater priority area to water allocations to take groundwater. (sec.54-ssec.5) Subsections (2) , (3) and (4) do not limit the matters that may be included in the resource operations plan. (sec.54-ssec.6) In this section— groundwater priority area see schedule 9 , section 4 . surface water priority area means a priority area other than the groundwater priority area.