Queensland Numbered Acts

WATER AMENDMENT ACT 2006 No. 23 - SECT 22

(1) Schedule 4, definitions water, water restriction and water service provider--

omit.

(2) Schedule 4--

insert--

'auditor, for an audit under chapter 3, part 3, division 1B, means the person who, under the division, has prepared, or is to prepare, an audit report for the audit.

chairperson means the commissioner holding an appointment as chairperson under section 348.

commission means the Queensland Water Commission.

commission water restriction see section 360ZD(1).

commissioner means a member of the commission, including the chairperson.

demand management, for water, includes--

(a) reducing demand for water; and

(b) increasing the efficiency of water supply works; and

(c) increasing the efficiency of the use of water by end-users; and

(d) substituting a process that does not use a water resource for one that does use a water resource;

(e) substituting one water resource for another.

designated region means a region designated under section 360D.

desired levels of service objectives, for water, includes the maximum duration, frequency, and severity of water restrictions that may be expected by end-users of the water.

regional water security program means a regional water security program made under section 360M.

regional water security options means regional water security options made under section 360I.

SEQ region see section 341.

service provider water restriction see section 388(2).

system operating plan means a system operating plan under chapter 2A, part 5, division 2.

unit of public administration see the Crime and Misconduct Act 2001, section 20.

water--

1 Generally, water means all or any of the following--

(a) water in a watercourse, lake or spring;

(b) underground water;

(c) overland flow water;

(d) water that has been collected in a dam.

2 In chapter 2A, water also includes recycled and desalinated water, from any source.

water security includes the reliability of water supply.

water service provider--

1 A water service provider is a person registered under chapter 3, part 2 as a service provider for a water service.

2 In chapter 2A the term also includes a person who operates, or controls the operation of, water supply works in the plan area for a system operating plan.

water supply works means water infrastructure or other works for the supply of water or the storage, distribution or treatment of water.'.

(2) Schedule 4, definition publish--

insert--

'2A Publish, for a document made by an entity mentioned in chapter 2A means--

(a) publish a gazette notice about where the document may be inspected, free of charge; and

(b) publish the document on the entity's website on the internet, or, for the Minister, on the department's website on the internet.'.