Water Act 2000

The chief executive must keep a copy of the following documents available for inspection by the public—

until a water plan is approved for a plan area—the draft water plan publicly notified for the area under section 46;

each approved water plan;

each periodic report for a water plan prepared under section 49;

each approved water use plan;

each approved water management protocol;

each resource operations licence;

each distributions operations licence;

each interim resource operations licence;

each operations licence;

each interim water allocation;

each water licence;

each water permit, including seasonal water assignments;

each riverine protection permit issued;

each notice of existing works that allow taking overland flow water required to be given to the chief executive under a water plan;

each allocation notice given to an applicant under section 230;

each water bore driller’s licence;

each private water supply agreement.

The chief executive may comply with subsection (1) by making a copy of a document mentioned in that subsection available for inspection by the public in any way the chief executive considers appropriate, including, for example, by—

publishing the copy on a Queensland Government website; or

making the copy available for inspection by the public, at an office of the department, during office hours on business days.

On payment of a fee, a person may purchase a copy of a document available for inspection under this section.

The fee for the copy of the document must not be more than the reasonable cost of publishing the copy.