sec.23Matters to be considered for water sharing rules

sec.23 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 is to consider— for rules relating to supplemented 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 for rules relating to unsupplemented water or groundwater— any existing water sharing arrangements; and the local availability of water that may be taken from streamflows, waterholes, bedsands or aquifers; and the conditions for taking water decided under section 58 ; and the daily volumetric limits decided under section 64 ; and the nominal entitlements decided under section 65 ; and the impact of the rules on authorisations to take water in the plan area. Subsection (1) does not limit the matters the chief executive may consider. In this section— existing water sharing rules means water sharing rules in force on the plan notification day. existing water supply arrangements means water supply arrangements in place on the plan notification day. (sec.23-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 is to consider— for rules relating to supplemented 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 for rules relating to unsupplemented water or groundwater— any existing water sharing arrangements; and the local availability of water that may be taken from streamflows, waterholes, bedsands or aquifers; and the conditions for taking water decided under section 58 ; and the daily volumetric limits decided under section 64 ; and the nominal entitlements decided under section 65 ; and the impact of the rules on authorisations to take water in the plan area. (sec.23-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not limit the matters the chief executive may consider. (sec.23-ssec.3) In this section— existing water sharing rules means water sharing rules in force on the plan notification day. existing water supply arrangements means water supply arrangements in place on the plan notification day.

• (a) for rules relating to supplemented 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
• (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
• (b) for rules relating to unsupplemented water or groundwater— (i) any existing water sharing arrangements; and (ii) the local availability of water that may be taken from streamflows, waterholes, bedsands or aquifers; and (iii) the conditions for taking water decided under section 58 ; and (iv) the daily volumetric limits decided under section 64 ; and (v) the nominal entitlements decided under section 65 ; and (vi) the impact of the rules on authorisations to take water in the plan area.