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7AApplication of Act to national land and Googong Dam
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7A Application of Act to national land and Googong Dam
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(1) For this Act, the water resources of the Territory include—
(a) surface water and ground water on national land; and
(b) the surface water of the Googong Dam Area.
Note 1 Under the Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land
Management) Act 1988 (Cwlth), the Territory is responsible for the
management or regulation, or both, of the taking of water on national land
(see that Act, s 29 (1) (c)).
Note 2 Under the Water Act 2007 (Cwlth), the surface water of the Googong
Dam Area is to be treated as if it were in the ACT (see that Act, s 63A)
and the Territory is responsible for the water resource plan for that area
(see that Act, s 22 (1) (Content of Basin Plan), table item 2 and div 2
(Water resource plans for particular water resource plan areas)).
(2) In this section:
Googong Dam Area—see the Canberra Water Supply (Googong
Dam) Act 1974 (Cwlth), section 3.