Victorian Current Acts

WATER ACT 1989 - SECT 33AAB

    (1)     Subject to subsection (2), following the endorsement of a review under section 22T(1)(c) or (d), the Minister may permanently qualify any rights to water having regard to—

        (a)     the review as endorsed by the Minister; and

        (b)     any relevant report of a panel under section 22S; and

S. 33AAB(1)(c) substituted by No. 23/2019 s. 23.

        (c)     any relevant—

              (i)     economic and environmental matters; and

              (ii)     Aboriginal cultural values and uses of waterways; and

              (iii)     social and recreational uses and values of waterways.

    (2)     A permanent qualification of rights to water under subsection (1) must not take effect in relation to an area or water system—

        (a)     within 15 years of the commencement of section 14 of the Water (Resource Management) Act 2005 ; or

        (b)     if such a permanent qualification has taken effect in relation to that area or water system within the preceding 15 years.

S. 33AAC inserted by No. 99/2005 s. 14.