Problem of disposal of water not to be considered on application for water licence etc
67 Problem of disposal of water not to be considered on application for water licence etc
Despite the provisions of the Landscape South Australia Act 2019 or the relevant water allocation plan under that Act, the problem of the disposal of water used for irrigation must not be considered by the Minister under that
Act when considering—
an application for a water licence or a water allocation, or for an increase in a water allocation, under that Act; or
an application for the transfer of a water licence, a water access entitlement (or part of a water access entitlement) or a water allocation (or
part of a water allocation); or
the use of water under a water allocation, if—
the relevant water management authorisations under that Act authorise, or will authorise, the use of the water for irrigation on irrigated land to which a waterlogging and salinity risk management allocation is attached but not on any other land; and
(unless the regulations provide otherwise) the land on which the water can be used under the relevant water management authorisations under that
Act does not include the category of land having the highest degree of risk;
and
the Minister is satisfied that the waterlogging and salinity risk management allocation attached to the land authorises, or will authorise, the use on the land of all the water allocated.
Where a person has made an application referred to in subsection (1) under the
Landscape South Australia
Act 2019, an assessment under that Act of the effect of allocating additional water must not include an assessment of the problem of disposing of the water used.
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