Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

WATER RESOURCES AMENDMENT ACT 2010 (NO. 31 OF 2010) - SECT 4

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7A     Application of Act to national land and Googong Dam Area

    (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.