Water Act 2000

This subdivision facilitates the restructure of the bulk water industry in the SEQ region by providing for a scheme (the scheme) to transfer particular authorities to take water, or to take and interfere with water—

to the bulk water supply authority; or

from the bulk water supply authority to other entities.

Under the scheme—

a prescribed water authority may, under this subdivision, be replaced by 1 or more authorities to—

take water; or

take and interfere with water; and

generally, a water authority mentioned in paragraph (a) is transferred from the holder of the prescribed water authority (each a transferring entity) to an entity that will hold the authority to take water, or the authority to interfere with water (a receiving entity).