Water Plan (Fitzroy Basin) 2011

For section 43(2)(l) of the Act, a water management protocol must be prepared for the plan area.

The water management protocol must address the following matters for the plan area—

the volumes of unallocated water reserved for stated purposes or stated locations;

the process for releasing unallocated water not held as general reserve;

for water allocations not managed under a resource operations licence—

the water allocation dealing rules; and

the water sharing rules;

whether all or part of a water licence may be relocated;

the criteria and process for deciding applications for a seasonal water assignment or for relocation of a water licence;

the criteria and process for granting water licences for taking overland flow water to which this plan applies;

the monitoring requirements for water and natural ecosystems;

for section 53—whether applications of the type mentioned in section 53(1)(e) may be accepted;

for sections 54 and 55—whether a dealing with a water licence is permitted.