64Functions—director-general and authority

64 Functions—director-general and authority (1) The director-general has the following functions under this Act: (a) to keep the condition of the Territory’s water resources under review; (b) to lead and coordinate policy development in relation to the Territory’s water resources; (c) to compile, maintain and provide information about the condition of the Territory’s water resources; (d) to foster public education about management of water resources, including the importance of efficient use of water; (e) to progress national water resource measures made under national scheme laws or intergovernmental agreements to which the Territory is a party relating to water resource management; (f) to confer and exchange information relating to water resource management with any entity having functions corresponding to the director-general’s functions under a corresponding law; Examples—information relating to water resource management water trading, Murray Darling Basin monitoring and evaluation, hydrological modelling (g) any other functions given to the director-general under this Act. (2) The authority has the following functions under this Act: (a) to regulate the use of water from waterways; (b) to compile, maintain and provide information about the use of the Territory’s water resources; (c) to share the information mentioned in paragraph (b) with a Territory entity if the information is necessary for the entity to carry out its functions;

(d) to implement national water resource measures made under national scheme laws or intergovernmental agreements to which the Territory is a party relating to water resource protection, regulation and compliance; (e) to confer and exchange information relating to water resource protection, regulation and compliance with any entity having functions corresponding to the authority’s functions under a corresponding law; Examples—information relating to water resource protection, regulation and compliance water compliance reporting, Bureau of Meteorology data (f) any other functions given to the authority under this Act. (3) In exercising a function under this Act, the director-general and the authority must— (a) have regard to the objects set out in section 6; and (b) where appropriate, promote an integrated approach to water resource management, environment protection and water catchment management. corresponding law means a law of the Commonwealth or a State that corresponds, or substantially corresponds, to this Act. Note State includes the Northern Territory (see Legislation Act, dict, pt 1).