(1) For this Part, water information is water information of a kind described in the categories specified in the following table.
Category number |
Description of category information |
1 |
Surface water resource information |
2 |
Ground water resource information |
3 |
Information on major and minor water storages |
4 |
Meteorological information |
5 |
Water use information |
6 |
Information about rights, allocations and trades in relation to water |
7 |
Information about urban water management |
8 |
Information about water restrictions |
9 |
Water quality information |
10 |
Descriptive and reference information about water information in other categories |
(2) The categories in subregulation (1) do not include water information of the following kinds:
(a) information held in a form that is not an electronic format;
(b) information publicly available on the Bureau's website;
(c) information in the possession, custody or control of a person specified in regulation 7.10 who:
(i) is required to give a copy of that water information to the Bureau under Division 7.4; and
(ii) reasonably believes that the water information is already in the Bureau's possession; and
(iii) has notified the Bureau, in writing, of the decision not to provide the information because of that belief;
(d) information in the possession, custody or control of the following persons if the information was collected solely for a project which the person expects to be of no more than 12 calendar months duration:
(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;
(e) information in the possession, custody or control of a person specified in regulation 7.10 if that information was collected solely in order to fulfil a contractual arrangement with another person not specified in that regulation.
(3) Information in each category listed below is made up of the information in the subcategories as follows:
(a) category 1 -- subcategories in Part 2 of Schedule 3;
(b) category 2 -- subcategories in Part 3 of Schedule 3;
(c) category 3 -- subcategories in Part 4 of Schedule 3;
(d) category 4 -- subcategories in Part 5 of Schedule 3;
(e) category 5 -- subcategories in Part 6 of Schedule 3;
(f) category 6 -- subcategories in Part 7 of Schedule 3;
(g) category 7 -- subcategories in Part 8 of Schedule 3;
(h) category 8 -- subcategory in Part 9 of Schedule 3;
(i) category 9 -- subcategories in Part 10 of Schedule 3;
(j) category 10 -- subcategories in Part 11 of Schedule 3.