Water Regulation 2016.

This Regulation, consisting of 145 Sections divided into 15 Parts and 19 Schedules, has the objective of replacing the Water Regulation 2002 and prescribing administrative and operational matters for the Water Act 2000. It aims to: support provisions for watercourse identification; provide a process for releasing unallocated water; provide matters for the Minister’s report on water plans; prescribe activities for which the taking of water is authorised without an entitlement; provide for matters relating to water licences; allow for seasonal water assignments; provide criteria for establishing water allocations; provide information about the water allocations register; provide matters for water supply and demand management; prescribe the annual levy for underground water management; provide for water authorities, interstate water trades; prescribe exemptions for riverine protection permits; provide water bore drillers licencing requirements; set fees and charges payable under the Water Act 2000 and royalties for riverine quarry material; provide rules for managing underground water that isn’t managed through a water plan; provide for the continuation of former water areas, etc.
Schedules specify the following issues: Valley reaches; Particular unallocated water reserved; Prescribed activities, Act, section 101(1)(a); Prescribed entities; Water sharing rules; Seasonal water assignments; Rates and pump sizes; Water authorities; Assessable development or accepted development; Code for assessment of development for construction or modification of particular levees; Metered entitlements; Fees; Water charges; Royalties; Drainage rates; Underground water areas; Authority areas and Dictionary.