Queensland Numbered Acts

WATER AMENDMENT ACT 2006 No. 23 - SECT 21

After section 1139--

insert--

In this division--

amending Act means the Water Amendment Act 2006.

commencement means the date of assent of the amending Act.

'(1) Despite not having been given advice by the commission under section 360I(1), 12 the Minister may make a report mentioned in section 360M(1)(a)13 and a regional water security program that adopts all or part of a relevant existing strategy.

'(2) If the Minister adopts all or part of a relevant existing strategy as a regional water security program the commission can not give regional water security options for the region the subject of the program, other than under a requirement under section 360D(1)(b).14

'(3) Subsection (4) applies for the SEQ region or a designated region only if the Minister has not made a regional water security program for the region that adopts all or part of a relevant existing strategy.

'(4) In preparing regional water security options for the region, the commission may have regard to and use all or part of a relevant existing strategy.

'(4A) Subsections (4B) and (4C) apply if, because of subsection (2), no regional water security options have been given for the region.

'(4B) The Minister may, by gazette notice, require the commission to give regional water options for the region for the purpose of updating or revising the region's regional water security program.

'(4C) For chapter 2A, a requirement under subsection (4B) is taken to be a requirement under section 360D(1)(b).

'(5) In this section--

relevant existing strategy means--

(a) for the SEQ region--the series of documents prepared by the department and local governments for the project called 'South East Queensland regional water supply strategy', the preparation of which started before the commencement; or

(b) for a designated region--any series of documents (however called) prepared by the department and local governments about a regional water supply strategy for the region, the preparation of which started before the commencement.

The amendments to sections 110 and 17815 made under the amending Act apply for a licence mentioned in the sections whether the licence was granted before or after the commencement.

The condition under section 360N(5)16 does not apply to a development approval granted before the commencement.'.