Water Act 1989

A capital works salinity impact charge may be imposed as follows—

on the holder of the water-use licence that is issued and that authorises the use of water on land in a salinity impact zone;

on the holder of a water-use licence, if an annual use limit for the water-use licence authorises the use of water on land in a salinity impact zone and the limit is varied to increase the limit;

on the holder of a water-use licence, if the water-use licence is varied to authorise water to be used under the licence on land that is in a salinity impact zone.

A capital works salinity impact charge may be imposed—

under subsection (1)(a), on the making of the decision to issue the licence; and

under subsection (1)(b), on the making of the decision to vary the annual use limit; and

under subsection (1)(c), on the making of the decision to authorise the use of water in the salinity impact zone.