Taking or interfering with underground water from land in service area for stock purposes or domestic purposes
39 Taking or interfering with underground water from land in service area for stock purposes or domestic purposes
This section applies to underground water to which this plan applies if the water is—
taken or interfered with, for stock purposes or domestic purposes, on land in a service area; and
taken from any of the following underground water units—
the St George Alluvium (deep);
the Upper Condamine Alluvium (Central Condamine Alluvium);
the Upper Condamine Alluvium (Tributaries);
the Upper Condamine Basalts;
the Condamine Fractured Rock.
The water may only be taken or interfered with using existing underground water works.
In this section—
existing underground water works means works used, or capable of being used, to take or interfere with underground water to which this plan applies if the works—
for underground water taken from an underground water unit mentioned in subsection (1)(b)(i) to (iv)—
were constructed before 19 December 2014; or
were constructed in accordance with an agreement, between the owner of the works and the chief executive, entered into on or between 19 December 2014 and 18 January 2015; or
are a replacement water bore that replaces works mentioned in subparagraph (i) or (ii); or
for underground water taken from the Condamine Fractured Rock underground water unit—
were constructed before the commencement; or
are a replacement water bore that replaces works mentioned in subparagraph (i).
service area means a service area for a retail water service to customers under the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008.
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