Water Act 2000

This section applies in relation to an agreement entered into by the following parties about a water bore if the bore is affected, or likely to be affected, by the taking of or interfering with underground water in the area of the tenure—

the holder of a mining tenure who is also the holder of an associated water licence;

the bore owner of the water bore.

The agreement is taken to be a make good agreement for the water bore that is entered into by the holder of the mining tenure and the bore owner.

The holder of the mining tenure is taken to have complied with the holder’s obligations to undertake a bore assessment for the water bore under chapter 3, part 5, division 2.