Water Management (General) Regulation 2025

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100mm–499mm pump, for Part 5, Division 2, Subdivision 2 and Schedule 7—see section 72(1).

200mm or larger bore, for Part 5, Division 2, Subdivision 2 and Schedule 7—see section 72(1).

affected landholder, for Schedule 9—see Schedule 9, section 1.

application day, for Schedule 5—see Schedule 5, section 1.

approval holder, for Part 5 and Schedules 6 and 12—see section 66(1).

approved data logging and telemetry specifications, for Schedule 5—see Schedule 5, section 1.

approved manner means the manner approved by the Minister and notified on—

approved storage work, for Part 5, Division 3 and Schedule 12—see section 79.

approved telemetry specifications, for Part 5, Division 6—see section 105.

approved work means a water supply work for which a water supply work approval has been granted.

AS 4747 means AS 4747—2025, Meters for non-urban water supply.

authority, for Part 5 and Schedules 5 and 7—see section 66(1).

bore licence, for Part 3, Division 2—see section 33.

buffer zone area, for Part 5, Division 3 and Schedule 12—see section 79.

certificate, for Part 5, Division 5 and Schedule 5—see section 94.

closed conduit meter, for Schedule 8—see Schedule 8, section 1

Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder has the same meaning as in the Water Act 2007 of the Commonwealth.

complying development certificate, for Schedule 4—see Schedule 4, section 1.

crop conversion rate, for Part 3, Division 2—see section 33.

declaration, for Schedule 9—see Schedule 9, section 1.

declared floodplain means a floodplain declared under section 6(1).

declared release, for Schedule 9—see Schedule 9, section 1.

designated high risk flood area, for Schedule 4—see Schedule 4, section 1.

determining authority, for Schedule 4, Part 5—see Schedule 4, section 39.

eligible floodplain landholder, for Part 3, Division 2—see section 33.

eligible water supply work, for Part 3, Division 2—see section 33.

emergency direction, for Schedule 4—see Schedule 4, section 1.

emergency event, for Schedule 4—see Schedule 4, section 1.

emergency works, for Schedule 4—see Schedule 4, section 1.

entitlement includes an arrangement that, immediately before 1 July 2004, was in force between a local council and the Ministerial Corporation.

entity stakeholder, for Part 7—see section 122.

environmental water release, for Schedule 9—see Schedule 9, section 1.

excluded work means a work specified in Schedule 4, Part 7.

exempt development has the same meaning as in the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.

faulty, in relation to metering equipment, means metering equipment that is not operating properly or is not operating.

floodplain landholder, for Part 3, Division 2—see section 33.

floodplain plan or study, for Schedule 4, Part 5—see Schedule 4, section 39.

invitation to negotiate, for Schedule 9—see Schedule 9, section 1.

irrigated field means an area of land used for growing crops using irrigation.

local newspaper, for Part 6—see section 117.

long-term average annual extraction limit, for Part 3, Division 2—see section 33.

mandatory floodplain harvesting condition means the mandatory condition imposed on a water supply work approval under section 81 or Division 3, Subdivision 2.

mandatory metering equipment condition —see section 67.

maximum crop area, for Part 3, Division 2—see section 33.

measurement period —see section 83.

metered work means a water supply work in connection with which metering equipment has been installed.

minor stream —see section 4.

Negotiation Guidelines, for Schedule 9—see Schedule 9, section 1.

no take notice, for Part 5, Division 6—see section 105.

notified measurement period, for Part 5, Division 3—see section 79.

open channel means a channel or conduit used for conveying water that is not enclosed.

open channel metering equipment means metering equipment installed in connection with an open channel.

point-of-intake metering equipment, for a water supply work, means equipment that measures the flow of water as the water enters the water supply work.

point-of-intake work, for Part 5, Division 3—see section 79.

primary metering equipment means the point-of-intake metering equipment or storage metering equipment for a water supply work.

private water entity means—

public authority, for Schedule 4—see Schedule 4, section 1.

registered training organisation means a training organisation that is listed as a registered training organisation in the National Register established under the National Vocational Education and Training Regulator Act 2011 of the Commonwealth.

regulated river water source means a water source from which an access licence of a category referring to regulated river authorises a person to take water.

Examples regulated river (general security) access licence regulated river (high security) access licence

Regulator means the Natural Resources Access Regulator constituted under the Natural Resources Access Regulator Act 2017, section 4.

relevant year, for Part 3, Division 2—see section 33.

roads authority has the same meaning as in the Roads Act 1993.

secondary metering device means a device or type of device—

standard instrument means the standard instrument set out in Standard Instrument (Local Environmental Plans) Order 2006.

storage metering equipment, for a water supply work, means metering equipment that measures the surface level of water in the work.

storage metering equipment standards means the storage metering equipment standards approved by the Minister and published in the Gazette.

storage work, for Part 5, Division 3—see section 79.

survey benchmark standard means a survey benchmark standard approved by the Minister and published in the Gazette.

tailwater drain means a channel or trench that collects excess water from an irrigated field.

the 1912 Act has the same meaning as in the Act, Schedule 10.

the Act means the Water Management Act 2000.

unmanaged designated high risk flood area, for Schedule 4, Part 5—see Schedule 4, section 39.

unregulated river water source means a water source from which an access licence of a category referring to unregulated river authorises a person to take water.

water reticulation work —

water sharing plan means a Minister’s plan referred to as a water sharing plan in the plan.

water year means a period of 12 months commencing on 1 July.

watering program means a program, approved in writing by the Minister, that sets out—