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WATER PLAN (GULF) 2007 - REG 8

Declaration about watercourse—Act, s 1006(2)

8 Declaration about watercourse—Act, s 1006(2)

(1) Groundwater in an aquifer under a prescribed watercourse, or under land within 1km of a prescribed watercourse, is declared to be water in the watercourse.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to water the chief executive is satisfied is not hydraulically connected to the water in the watercourse.
(3) The owner of land within 1km of a prescribed watercourse may take groundwater that is water in the watercourse for stock or domestic purposes.
(4) In this section—

"prescribed watercourse" means each of the following—
(a) the Nicholson River to the extent it is downstream of node 2;
(b) Lawn Hill Creek to the extent it is downstream of node 3;
(c) the Gregory River to the extent is downstream of node 4;
(d) the Leichhardt River;
(e) the Cloncurry River;
(f) the Flinders River;
(g) the Gilbert River;
(h) the Einasleigh River to the extent it is downstream of node 5;
(i) the Norman River;
(j) the Staaten River.



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