QueenslandWater Act
2000WATER(TRANSITIONAL)REGULATION2000Reprinted as in force on 17 October
2000(includes amendments up to SL No. 266 of
2000)Reprint No. 1AThis reprint is
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s13s3Water
(Transitional) Regulation 2000WATER
(TRANSITIONAL) REGULATION 2000[as amended by
all amendments that commenced on or before 17 October 2000]˙Short title1.This
regulation may be cited as theWater
(Transitional) Regulation2000.˙Commencement2.This
regulation commences on 1 October 2000.˙Service provider powers for existing local
governments, waterauthorities or other persons3.(1)This section
applies to a local government, water authority or otherperson mentioned in section 370 of the Act
and operating a similar businessto that of a
service provider at the commencement of this section.(2)The local government, water authority
or other person is taken to be aservice provider
for chapter 3, part 2, divisions 2 to 4 of the Act until theearlier of the following—(a)the
day the local government, water authority or other person—(i)stops operating the similar business;
or(ii)is registered as
a service provider under section 372 of theAct;(b)1 January 2001.(3)For
chapter 3, part 2, division 2 of the Act, the local
government,water authority or other person is taken to
be a service provider only for thewaterorsewerageservicessuppliedbythelocalgovernment,waterauthority or other person at the
commencement.
s44s5Water
(Transtional) Regulation 2000˙Existing applications about water supplied in
an irrigation or projectarea4.(1)Subsection (2) applies if immediately before
an interim resourceoperations licence is granted for an
irrigation or project area—(a)an
application has been made under the repealed Act for—(i)the re-instatement or replacement of a
licence that has lapsed;or(ii)a
new licence because of a change in ownership of the landto
which a licence attached; or(iii)approval to transfer under theWater Resources Regulation1999, part 2, rights
to a part 4 or 9 allocation; and(b)the
application has not been decided before the interim resourceoperations licence is granted.(2)The application must be decided under
the repealed Act, as it was atthe time the
application was made.(3)If an
application under subsection (1) is approved, the chief
executivemust grant to the applicant an interim water
allocation.˙Granting, or amending, licences to
continue taking water5.(1)On or after the
day the chief executive grants the corporatised entityan
interim resource operations licence under section 1111 of the Act
for anirrigation or project area, the chief
executive—(a)if, before the interim resource
operations licence was granted, awater authority
was involved in the activity of taking water in theirrigationorprojectareaotherthanunderanexistingauthority—may
grant the water authority a licence to continue theactivity; and(b)if,
before the interim resource operations licence was granted,
theholder of a licence under part 4 of the
repealed Act was involvedin the activity of taking water in the
irrigation or project area otherthan under the
licence—may amend the licence or grant the holdera
new licence to continue the activity; and(c)if,
before the interim resource operations licence was granted,
the
s65s6Water
(Transtional) Regulation 2000holder of any
other authority under the repealed Act was involvedin
the activity of taking water in the irrigation or project area
otherthanundertheauthority—maygranttheholderalicencetocontinue the activity.(2)A
licence granted or amended under subsection (1) must be
grantedor amended within 30 business days after the
day the chief executive grantsthecorporatisedentitytheinterimresourceoperationslicencefortheirrigation or
project area.(3)A licence granted under subsection (1)
is taken to be a licence underpart 4 of the
repealed Act.(4)The licence or amended licence takes
effect from the day the licence isgranted or
amended.˙Authorities under part 4 of the
repealed Act6.(1)Subsection (2)
applies if—(a)a person has an authority under part 4
of the repealed Act that wasin force
immediately before the day the chief executive grants thecorporatised entity an interim resource
operations licence undersection 1111 of the Act for an
irrigation or project area; and(b)the
authority was to take water in the irrigation or project area;
and(c)the entitlement to take water under
the authority was expressed asan area;
and(d)the water is managed by the
corporatised entity using the entity’swater
infrastructure.(2)On and from the day the chief
executive grants the corporatised entitythe interim
resource operations licence, the authority is an interim
waterallocation giving the person an entitlement
to take water within the totalvolume of water
to be managed by the corporatised entity under the entity’sinterim resource operations licence for the
irrigation or project area.(3)Eachinterimwaterallocationattachestothelandtowhichtheauthority attached.
s76Water
(Transtional) Regulation 2000˙Expiry7.This
regulation expires on 30 September 2001.s7
