Water (Irrigation Farm Dams) Act 2002 (Act No. 5/2002).

The purpose of this Act is to amend the Water Act 1989 so as to: (a) to require the use of water in private dams or from springs or soaks for commercial and irrigation purposes to be licensed; (b) to provide for the declaration of water supply protection areas and the preparation and implementation of management plans for those areas; (c) to require certain dams to be licensed; (d) to require licensed drillers to comply with the conditions of bore construction licenses; (e) to make other miscellaneous amendments