Water Act 2000

A baseline assessment strategy must, for each area of a CMA tenure in which there is a water bore—

state whether a baseline assessment has been undertaken for any bores in the area before the day the strategy is given to the chief executive and, if so, identify the bores; and

identify each area of the tenure in which a water bore, other than a bore mentioned in paragraph (a), is or may be located (each a priority area); and

include a timetable (a baseline assessment timetable) for responsible tenure holders under the report to undertake a baseline assessment of each water bore mentioned in paragraph (b) for which an assessment has not already been completed; and

state the rationale for each date stated in the baseline assessment timetable.

For subsection (1)(c), the baseline assessment timetable must include a stated date by which all baseline assessments in each priority area will be undertaken in accordance with section 379B.

Also, the baseline assessment strategy must—

state whether a baseline assessment has been undertaken for any long-term affected area bores in the cumulative management area before the day the strategy is given to the chief executive and, if so, identify the bores; and

include a program for the responsible tenure holders under the report to undertake a baseline assessment for each long-term affected area bore in the cumulative management area, other than a bore mentioned in paragraph (a), including a stated date by which each baseline assessment will be undertaken.

Despite subsections (1)(b) and (3)(a), the baseline assessment strategy may exclude an area if the office is satisfied that any relevant aquifer in the area is not affected, or likely to be affected, by the exercise of the CMA tenure holders’ underground water rights.

In this section—long-term affected area bore means a water bore that is—

outside the area of a resource tenure; but

within the area shown on the map prepared under section 376(1)(b)(v).