Water Act 1989

The Minister may determine an area of land on which use of water on the land under water-use licences causes or may cause an increase in salinity to land or water to be a salinity impact zone.

Notice of the making of a determination under subsection (1) must be published in the Government Gazette.

A determination under subsection (1) has effect—

on the day on which notice of its making is published in the Government Gazette; or

if a later day is specified in the determination, that day.

A determination under subsection (1) may be amended in the same manner as that in which it is made.

In a determination under subsection (1), a salinity impact zone may be described by reference to a plan lodged in the Central Plan Office.

The Minister must—

publish a copy of each determination under subsection (1) on the Internet site of the Department, together with any plan referred to in the determination; and

maintain the copy of the determination and the plan on the Internet site for so long as the determination remains in force.