Water Act 2000

This division applies if the Minister or the chief executive (the official) is satisfied of the following in relation to water to which this Act applies—

there is a water quality issue or potential water quality issue;

urgent action, or prevention of action, by a relevant entity is necessary to prevent, minimise, mitigate or remedy the issue;

taking the action or preventing the action would or may be inconsistent with an instrument of any of the following types—

a distribution operations licence;

an interim resource operations licence;

a resource operations licence;

a water management protocol;

if the official is the Minister—a water plan.

In this section—relevant entity means—

the holder of a licence mentioned in subsection (1)(c); or

an entity that has an obligation under—

if the official is the Minister—an instrument of a type mentioned in subsection (1)(c); or

if the official is the chief executive—an instrument of a type mentioned in subsection (1)(c)(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv).

water quality issue means a matter or thing relating to the quality of water that—

affects whether the water can be used for its intended purpose; or

causes damage to infrastructure or affects whether infrastructure functions as intended; or

is harmful to the health of humans or the environment.