Water Act 2000

This section applies to the rules for taking or sharing water under the Water Resource (Burnett Basin) Plan 2014, section 32 (the water plan).

Subsection (3) applies if there are rules in the water plan of the type mentioned in section 1261, immediately after the commencement of that section, relevant to a water supply scheme.

The rules in the water plan are taken to be included in the operations manual relevant to the water supply scheme.

Subsection (5) applies if rules under a resource operations plan relevant to the water supply scheme—

are taken to be an operations manual under section 1259(2)(b); and

the rules that were in the resource operations plan that are now in the operations manual deal with the same subject matter as the rules under the water plan.

The rules under the water plan replace the rules in the operations manual for the water supply scheme.

Subsection (7) applies if there are provisions in the water plan of the type mentioned in section 1260, immediately after the commencement of that section, relevant to a water supply scheme.

The provisions in the water plan are taken to be included in the resource operations licence relevant to the water supply scheme.

Subsection (9) applies if provisions under a resource operations plan relevant to the water supply scheme—

are taken to be included in a resource operations licence under section 1259(2)(a); and

the provisions that were in the resource operations plan that are now taken to be included in the resource operations licence deal with the same subject matter as the rules under the water plan.

The provisions under the water plan replace the provisions in the resource operations licence for the water supply scheme.

For the water plan, section 63, nothing in this section has the effect of requiring the amendment or subdivision of the Burnett Water allocations in the way mentioned in the water plan, section 63.