Water Regulation 2016
sec.96Destroying vegetation, excavating or placing fill in a watercourse, lake or spring— Act , s 814
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sec.96 Destroying vegetation, excavating or placing fill in a watercourse, lake or spring— Act , s 814
For section 814 (2) (i) of the Act , destroying vegetation, excavating or placing fill in a watercourse, lake or spring is permitted if the destruction, excavation or placing of fill is carried out under— a lease or authority to prospect under the Petroleum Act 1923 ; or a licence, petroleum lease or authority to prospect under the Petroleum and Gas Act : or a licence under the Fossicking Act 1994 ; or an environmental authority for a resource activity; or the document called ‘Riverine Protection Permit Exemption Requirements’ approved by the chief executive and published on a Queensland Government website. In this section— resource activity see the Environmental Protection Act 1994 , section 107 . s 96 amd 2018 SL No. 56 s 17 ; 2025 SL No. 64 s 5 (sec.96-ssec.1) For section 814 (2) (i) of the Act , destroying vegetation, excavating or placing fill in a watercourse, lake or spring is permitted if the destruction, excavation or placing of fill is carried out under— a lease or authority to prospect under the Petroleum Act 1923 ; or a licence, petroleum lease or authority to prospect under the Petroleum and Gas Act : or a licence under the Fossicking Act 1994 ; or an environmental authority for a resource activity; or the document called ‘Riverine Protection Permit Exemption Requirements’ approved by the chief executive and published on a Queensland Government website. (sec.96-ssec.2) In this section— resource activity see the Environmental Protection Act 1994 , section 107 .
- (a) a lease or authority to prospect under the Petroleum Act 1923 ; or
- (b) a licence, petroleum lease or authority to prospect under the Petroleum and Gas Act : or
- (c) a licence under the Fossicking Act 1994 ; or
- (d) an environmental authority for a resource activity; or
- (e) the document called ‘Riverine Protection Permit Exemption Requirements’ approved by the chief executive and published on a Queensland Government website.