Queensland Numbered Acts

MINERAL AND ENERGY RESOURCES AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2020 - SECT 216

216 Amendment of s 390 (Minister may declare temporary full supply level)

(1) Section 390 (2) , note—
omit, insert—

Notes—

1 Under the Water Act 2000 , section 813(3)(c)(i) and (4)(a), if a declaration is in force for a temporary full supply level for the dam, a reference in the resource operations licence to the full supply level for the dam is taken to be a reference to the temporary full supply level declared for the dam.

2 Under the Water Act 2000 , section 813(3)(c) and (4)(c), if both a declaration is in force for a temporary full supply level for the dam, and the full supply level of the dam is reduced under chapter 4, part 4 of this Act, a reference in the resource operations licence to the full supply level for the dam is taken to be a reference to the lower of the temporary full supply level and the reduced full supply level under section 399B(2).

(2) Section 390 —
insert—

(6A) To remove any doubt, it is declared that, if the Minister declares a temporary full supply level for a dam under subsection (2), the owner of the dam may operate the dam at the temporary full supply level, including, for example, by releasing water from the dam to maintain the temporary full supply level.

(3) Section 390 (6A) and (7) —
renumber as section 390 (7) and (8) .