Water Act 2000

This section applies in relation to an underground water impact report relating to a cumulative management area that—

was in effect immediately before the commencement; or

was given to the chief executive under former section 370 and approved under section 385 but had not taken effect before the commencement; or

was given to the chief executive under former section 370 but had not been approved under section 385 before the commencement.

The office must, before the first annual review day for the cumulative management area, do both of the following in relation to the report—

propose an amendment of the report to include a baseline assessment strategy;

consult on the proposed amendment in the way required under subsection (4).

The office must give the proposed amendment to the chief executive for approval under subsection (5) when the office gives the chief executive the first annual review summary for the cumulative management area.

In consulting on the proposed amendment, chapter 3, part 2, division 4, subdivision 2 applies to the proposed amendment as if a reference in that subdivision to an underground water impact report or final report were a reference to the proposed amendment.

In deciding whether to approve the proposed amendment, new chapter 3, part 2, division 5 applies to the chief executive’s decision as if a reference in that division to an underground water impact report or final report were a reference to the proposed amendment.

The approved underground water impact report, as amended, takes effect on the day the amendment takes effect under section 385(6), as applied under subsection (5).

In this section—first annual review day, for a cumulative management area, means the first day, not earlier than 1 year after the day of the commencement, on which the office is required to give the chief executive, as mentioned in section 376(1)(e)(ii), a summary of the outcome of an annual review, as mentioned in section 376(1)(e)(i), in relation to the area.first annual review summary, for a cumulative management area, means the summary of the outcome of the annual review mentioned in the definition first annual review day.