Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) The water information that must be given to the Bureau under Division 7.2 is water information of a kind described in the categories specified in the table in subregulation (2), subject to subregulations (3) to (6).
(2) The water information in a category in the table is made up of the water information in the subcategories specified for the category, which are described in Schedule 3.
Category number | Description of category | Subcategories in category |
1 | Surface water resource information | 1a-1b in Part 2 of Schedule 3 |
2 | Ground water resource information | 2a - 2e in Part 3 of Schedule 3 |
3 | Water storage information | 3a-3f in Part 4 of Schedule 3 |
4 | Meteorological information | 4a-4j in Part 5 of Schedule 3 |
5 | Water use information | 5a - 5h in Part 6 of Schedule 3 |
6 | Information about water rights, allocations and trades | 6a-6g in Part 7 of Schedule 3 |
7 | Information about urban water management | 7a - 7d in Part 8 of Schedule 3 |
8 | Information about water restrictions | 8a in Part 9 of Schedule 3 |
9 | Water quality information | 9a-9h in Part 10 of Schedule 3 |
11 | Water information for flood warning purposes | 11a-11c in Part 11 of Schedule 3 |
Information that is not water information
(3) The categories in subregulation (1) do not include water information:
(a) held in a form that is not an electronic format; or
(b) publicly available on the Bureau's website; or
(c) collected from a single site for up to 12 continuous weeks; or
(d) collected solely in order to fulfil a contractual arrangement with a person not specified in regulation 7.02.
(4) The categories in subregulation (1) also do not include water information in the possession, custody or control of a person specified in regulation 7.02 who:
(a) is required to give a copy of the water information to the Bureau under Division 7.2; and
(b) reasonably believes that the water information is already in the Bureau's possession; and
(c) has notified the Bureau, in writing, of the decision not to provide the information because of that belief.
(5) The categories in subregulation (1) also do not include water information that is:
(a) collected solely for a project which the person expects to be of up to 12 months duration; and
(b) in the possession, custody or control of any of the following persons:
(i) a Category C person;
(ii) a Category D person;
(iii) a Category E person;
(iv) a Category F person;
(v) a Category G person;
(vi) a Category H person;
(vii) a Category L person;
(viii) a Category M person.
(6) However, for water information in subcategories 2d and 2e, paragraphs (3)(b) and (c) and subregulation (4) do not apply.