Water Act 2000

Subject to sections 370A, 370B and 371, a responsible entity must, within the period or by the day mentioned in subsection (2) or (3), give the chief executive an underground water impact report that complies with subsection (2)(a) and (d) for—

if the responsible entity is the office—each cumulative management area; or

if the responsible entity is a resource tenure holder—the resource tenure.

An underground water impact report must—

comply with the requirements under division 4; and

be given—

if the responsible entity is a mining tenure holder—before the day the holder exercises its underground water rights or, if the chief executive agrees to a later day, by that day; or

if the responsible entity is the office or a petroleum tenure holder—within the initial report period or, if the chief executive agrees to a longer period, within that period; and

be given on or before—

the fifth anniversary of the day the chief executive approved the most recent underground water impact report for the cumulative management area or resource tenure; or

if the chief executive agrees to a later day—the later day; and

be accompanied by a submissions summary under section 383; and

be accompanied by the fee prescribed by regulation.

However, the chief executive may, by notice given to the responsible entity, require the entity to give the report—

for a report to which subsection (2)(b) applies—within a reasonable period that ends earlier than the initial report period; or

for a report to which subsection (2)(c) applies—before the day mentioned in subsection (2)(c), if the earlier day allows the entity a reasonable period to give the report.

In this section—initial report period means 14 months after—

if the responsible entity is the office—the day the cumulative management area is declared; or

if the responsible entity is a resource tenure holder—

the start day for the tenure; or

if this section applies because of section 371(3)—the day the renewal of the resource tenure is granted.