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WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 2000 - SECT 60
Rules of distribution applicable to making of available water determinations
60 Rules of distribution applicable to making of available water
determinations
(1) Except while an order under section 49A or 49B is in force, the following
rules of distribution apply to the making of an available water determination
of a type referred to in section 59 (1) (a)-- (a) the rules of priority
established by section 58,
(b) the provisions of any relevant bulk access
regime,
(c) the provisions of any relevant management plan,
(d) the
provisions of any relevant implementation program.
(3) While an order under
section 49A is in force, the following rules of distribution apply to the
making of an available water determination-- (a) first priority is to be given
to-- (i) the taking of water for domestic purposes by persons exercising basic
landholder rights, and
(ii) the taking of water for domestic purposes or
essential town services authorised by an access licence,
(b) second priority
is to be given to the needs of the environment,
(c) third priority is to be
given to-- (i) the taking of water for stock purposes by persons exercising
basic landholder rights, and
(ii) in the case of regulated rivers, the taking
of water for purposes (other than domestic purposes) authorised by a regulated
river (high security) access licence, and
(iii) the taking of water for the
purposes of supply of commercial and industrial activities authorised by a
major utility access licence or local water utility access licence, subject to
the water made available being in accordance with any drought management
strategy established by the Minister for that purpose, and
(iv) the taking of
water for the purposes of electricity generation authorised by a major utility
access licence, and
(v) the taking of water for purposes authorised by a
domestic and stock access licence or by persons exercising any other water
rights in relation to stock, and
(vi) the taking of water for purposes
authorised by a conveyance access licence in connection with the supply of
water for any other purpose or need referred to in this paragraph,
(d) fourth
priority is to be given to the taking of water for purposes authorised by any
other category or subcategory of access licence.
(3A) While an order under
section 49B is in force, the following rules of distribution apply to the
making of an available water determination-- (a) first priority is to be given
to meeting critical human water needs,
(b) second, third, fourth and fifth
priorities are to be given to the matters set out in subsection (3) (a), (b),
(c) and (d), respectively, to the extent that those matters are not
critical human water needs.
(3B) In a case where orders under both
sections 49A and 49B are in force in relation to the same water management
area or water source, the rules set out in subsection (3A) prevail.
(3C) In
this section--
"critical human water needs" means the needs for a minimum amount of water,
that can only reasonably be provided from the Basin water resources, required
to meet-- (a) core human consumption requirements in urban and rural areas,
and
(b) those non-human consumption requirements that a failure to meet would
cause prohibitively high social, economic or national security costs.
(4)
Nothing in this section gives rise to a claim for compensation under Division
9.
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