Water Amendment (Interactions with State Laws and Water Information) Regulation 2013
 
Select Legislative Instrument No. 245, 2013
I, Quentin Bryce AC CVO, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation under the authority in section 3.
Dated 21 November 2013
Quentin Bryce
Governor‑General
By Her Excellency’s Command
Simon Birmingham
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for the Environment
 
 
  
  
Contents
1............ Name of regulation.............................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Authority............................................................................................. 1
4............ Schedule(s)......................................................................................... 1
Schedule 1—Amendments relating to interactions with State laws         2
Water Regulations 2008                                                                                            2
Schedule 2—Amendments relating to water information                           11
Water Regulations 2008                                                                                          11
 
1  Name of regulation
                   This regulation is the Water Amendment (Interactions with State Laws and Water Information) Regulation 2013.
2  Commencement
                   Each provision of this regulation specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
 
Commencement information

Column 1
Column 2
Column 3

Provision(s)
Commencement
Date/Details

1.  Sections 1 to 4 and anything in this regulation not elsewhere covered by this table
The day after this regulation is registered.
 

2.  Schedule 1
The day after this regulation is registered.
 

3.  Schedule 2
28 February 2014.
28 February 2014

3  Authority
                   This regulation is made under the Water Act 2007.
4  Schedule(s)
                   Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments relating to interactions with State laws
  
Water Regulations 2008
1  After Part 11
Insert:
Part 11A—Interactions with State laws
  
11A.01  What this Part is about
                   For section 250E of the Act, this Part modifies the operation of the Commonwealth water legislation to deal with that legislation’s interaction with the laws of referring States.
11A.02  State plans that prevail over Basin Plan
             (1)  The operation of section 241 of the Act is modified so that:
                     (a)  a plan specified in Part 1 of Schedule 5 (the State Plan) as in force on the accreditation day specified for the State Plan; and
                     (b)  any instrument made under or for the purposes of the State plan;
is a transitional water resource plan for the water resource plan area specified for the State Plan.
             (2)  However, subregulation (1) operates only to the extent to which:
                     (a)  the State plan or instrument relates to:
                              (i)  the water resources of the water resource plan area; and
                             (ii)  the matters referred to in subsection 22(1) of the Act, other than water trading rules; and
                     (b)  there is an inconsistency between a provision of the State plan or instrument and a provision of the Basin Plan.
Note:          For the definition of water trading rules, see subsection 4(1) of the Act.
             (3)  The operation of section 243 of the Act is modified so that the State plan is taken to have been accredited by the Minister under section 63 of the Act on the accreditation day specified in Part 1 of Schedule 5 for the plan.
             (4)  To avoid doubt, all other provisions in the Act in relation to transitional water resource plans operate without modification and a reference to a transitional water resource plan is taken to be a reference to the State Plan.
             (5)  This regulation applies in relation to a State plan for the period starting on the start day and ending on the end day specified in Part 1 of Schedule 5 for the plan.
11A.03  Water resource plans for water resource plan areas delayed
             (1)  This regulation applies to a water resource plan area, of a referring State, that is specified in Part 2 of Schedule 5 (the State area).
             (2)  Section 54 of the Act does not apply in relation to the State area until after the end day specified in Part 2 of Schedule 5 for the State area.
2  At the end of the Regulations
Add:
Schedule 5—Interactions with State Laws: State plans and areas
Note:       See regulations 11A.02 and 11A.03.
Part 1—State plans that prevail over Basin Plan
  
1  Victoria—State plans that prevail over Basin Plan
                   The table in this clause specifies for regulation 11A.02:
                     (a)  each State plan in Victoria that prevails over the Basin Plan; and
                     (b)  the water resource plan area for a State plan; and
                     (c)  the period starting on the start day and ending on the end day a State plan prevails over the Basin plan; and
                     (d)  the day a State plan is taken to have been accredited by the Minister.
 
Victoria—State plans that prevail over Basin Plan

 
State plan
Water resource plan area
Start
day
End
day
Accreditation
day

1
Bulk Entitlement (Bullarook System ‑ Central Highlands Water) Conversion Order 2009 (Vic.)
Northern Victoria
14
January
2015
30
June
2019
14
January
2010

2
Bulk Entitlement (Bullarook System ‑
Goulburn‑Murray Water) Conversion Order 2009 (Vic.)
Northern Victoria
14
January
2015
30
June
2019
1
July
2011

3
Bulk Entitlement (Omeo) Conversion Order 2008 (Vic.)
Victorian Murray
31
December
2014
30
June
2019
12
June
2008

4
Bulk Entitlement (Wimmera and Glenelg Rivers ‑ Coliban Water) Order 2010 (Vic.)
Wimmera‑Mallee (surface water)
29
October
2015
30
June
2018
20
November
2012

5
Bulk Entitlement (Wimmera and Glenelg Rivers ‑
GWMWater) Order 2010 (Vic.)
Wimmera‑Mallee (surface water)
29
October
2015
30
June
2018
20
November
2012

6
Bulk Entitlement (Wimmera and Glenelg Rivers ‑ Wannon Water) Order 2010 (Vic.)
Wimmera‑Mallee (surface water)
29
October
2015
30
June
2018
20
November
2012

7
Carryover for Bulk Entitlements and Environmental Entitlements in the Broken, Loddon and Bullarook Water Systems (Declaration and Determination) 2010 (Vic.)
Northern Victoria and Victorian Murray
30
June
2015
30
June
2019
30
June
2010

8
Carryover for Bulk Entitlements and Environmental Entitlements in the Murray, Goulburn and Campaspe Water Systems (Declaration and Determination) 2010 (Vic.)
Northern Victoria and Victorian Murray
30
June
2015
30
June
2019
30
June
2010

9
Carryover for Water Shares in the Broken, Loddon and Bullarook Water Systems (Declaration and Determination) 2010 (Vic.)
Northern Victoria and Victorian Murray
30
June
2015
30
June
2019
30
June
2010

10
Carryover for Water Shares in the Murray, Goulburn and Campaspe Water Systems (Declaration and Determination) 2010 (Vic.)
Northern Victoria and Victorian Murray
30
June
2015
30
June
2019
30
June
2010

11
Environmental Entitlement (Birch Creek ‑ Bullarook System) 2009 (Vic.)
Northern Victoria
14
January
2015
30
June
2019
1
July
2011

12
Environmental Entitlement (Campaspe River ‑ Living Murray) 2007 (Vic.)
Northern Victoria
31
December
2014
30
June
2019
1
July
2011

13
Environmental Entitlement (Goulburn System ‑ Living Murray) 2007 (Vic.)
Northern Victoria
31
December
2014
30
June
2019
1
July
2011

14
Goulburn River Environmental Entitlement 2010 (Vic.)
Northern Victoria
29
October
2015
30
June
2019
1
July
2011

15
Northern Region Sustainable Water Strategy prepared under section 22B of the Water Act 1989 (Vic.)
Northern Victoria and Victorian Murray
31
December
2014
30
June
2019
9
November
2009

16
Order Declaring Water Systems in Northern Victoria 2007 (Vic.)
Northern Victoria and Victorian Murray
31
December
2014
30
June
2019
21
June
2007

17
Permissible Consumptive Volume Groundwater Order 2011 (Vic.)
All water resource plan areas in Victoria that apply to groundwater resources
14
July
2016
30
June
2019
14
July
2011

18
Wimmera and Glenelg Rivers Environmental Entitlement 2010 (Vic.)
Wimmera‑Mallee (surface water)
29
October
2015
30
June
2018
20
November
2012

2  South Australia—State plans that prevail over Basin Plan
                   The table in this clause specifies for regulation 11A.02:
                     (a)  each State plan in South Australia that prevails over the Basin Plan; and
                     (b)  the water resource plan area for a State plan; and
                     (c)  the period starting on the start day and ending on the end day a State plan prevails over the Basin plan; and
                     (d)  the day a State plan is taken to have been accredited by the Minister.
 
South Australia—State plans that prevail over Basin Plan

 
State plan
Water resource plan area
Start
day
End
day
Accreditation
day

1
Natural Resources Management Plan for the South Australian Murray‑Darling Basin Natural Resources Management Region (SA)
All water resource plan areas in South Australia
31
December
2014
30
June
2019
28
April
2009

2
Water Allocation Plan for the Angas Bremer Prescribed Wells Area (SA)
Eastern Mount Lofty Ranges
3
January 2013
30
June
2019
3
March
2008

3
Water Allocation Plan for the Marne Saunders Prescribed Water Resources Area (SA)
Eastern Mount Lofty Ranges
18
January
2015
30
June
2019
18
January
2010

4
Water Allocation Plan for the Noora Prescribed Wells Area (SA)
South Australian Murray Region
3
January 2013
31
December
2017
3
March
2008

5
Water Allocation Plan for the River Murray Prescribed Watercourse (SA)
South Australian River Murray
1
July
2014
30
June
2019
5
February
2011

Part 2—State plan areas delayed
  
1  New South Wales—State areas delayed
                   The table in this clause specifies for regulation 11A.03 each State area in New South Wales that section 54 of the Act (that deals with the requirement to have water resource plans) does not apply to until after the end day.
 
New South Wales—State areas delayed

Item
State area
End day

1
Barwon‑Darling Watercourse
30 June 2019

2
Darling Alluvium
30 June 2019

3
Eastern Porous Rock
30 June 2019

4
Gwydir
30 June 2019

5
Gwydir Alluvium
30 June 2019

6
Intersecting Streams
30 June 2019

7
Lachlan
30 June 2017

8
Lachlan Alluvium
30 June 2019

9
Lachlan and South Western Fractured Rock
30 June 2019

10
Macquarie‑Castlereagh
30 June 2019

11
Macquarie‑Castlereagh Alluvium
30 June 2019

12
Murray Alluvium
30 June 2019

13
Murrumbidgee
30 June 2019

14
Murrumbidgee Alluvium
30 June 2019

15
Namoi
30 June 2019

16
Namoi Alluvium
30 June 2019

17
New England Fractured Rock and Northern Basalts
30 June 2019

18
New South Wales Border Rivers
30 June 2019

19
New South Wales Border Rivers Alluvium
30 June 2019

20
New South Wales Great Artesian Basin Shallow
30 June 2019

21
New South Wales Murray and Lower Darling
30 June 2019

22
Western Porous Rock
30 June 2019

2  Victoria—State areas delayed
                   The table in this clause specifies for regulation 11A.03 each State area in Victoria that section 54 of the Act (that deals with the requirement to have water resource plans) does not apply to until after the end day.
 
Victoria—State areas delayed

Item
State area
End day

1
Goulburn‑Murray
30 June 2019

2
Northern Victoria
30 June 2019

3
Victorian Murray
30 June 2019

4
Wimmera‑Mallee (groundwater)
30 June 2018

5
Wimmera‑Mallee (surface water)
30 June 2018

3  Queensland—State areas delayed
                   The table in this clause specifies for regulation 11A.03 each State area in Queensland that section 54 of the Act (that deals with the requirement to have water resource plans) does not apply to until after the end day.
 
Queensland—State areas delayed

Item
State area
End day

1
Condamine‑Balonne
30 June 2019

2
Moonie
30 June 2019

3
Queensland Border Rivers
30 June 2019

4
Warrego‑Paroo‑Nebine
30 June 2016

4  South Australia—State areas delayed
                   The table in this clause specifies for regulation 11A.03 each State area in South Australia that section 54 of the Act (that deals with the requirement to have water resource plans) does not apply to until after the end day.
 
South Australia—State areas delayed

Item
State area
End day

1
Eastern Mount Lofty Ranges
30 June 2019

2
South Australian Murray Region
31 December 2017

3
South Australian River Murray
30 June 2019

 
Schedule 2—Amendments relating to water information
  
Water Regulations 2008
1  Subregulation 1.03(1)
Insert:
Category K person means a person specified as a Category K person in the document titled Persons and Classes of Persons.
2  At the end of regulation 7.02
Add:
                    ; (j)  a Category K person.
3  Subregulation 7.03(1)
Omit “subregulation (2)”, substitute “subregulation (2), subject to subregulations (3) to (6)”.
4  Subregulation 7.03(2) (cell at table item 2, column headed “Subcategories in category”)
Repeal the cell, substitute:
2a‑2e in Part 3 of Schedule 3
5  Subregulation 7.03(3) (heading)
Repeal the heading, substitute:
Information that is not water information
6  Subregulation 7.03(3)
Omit “However, the”, substitute “The”.
7  At the end of regulation 7.03
Add:
             (6)  However, for water information in subcategories 2d and 2e, paragraphs (3)(b) and (c) and subregulation (4) do not apply.
8  Subregulations 7.06(5), (6) and (7)
Repeal the subregulations, substitute:
How information is to be given
             (5)  A person must give a copy of water information under this regulation to the Bureau:
                     (a)  in a form approved by the Director of Meteorology for this subregulation; and
                     (b)  by way of the internet using FTP or web services.
             (6)  Subcategory 6d information may be given to the Bureau by way of an email sent to the email address, if any, specified on the Bureau’s website as being for this purpose.
             (7)  The Director must ensure that approved forms are publicly available.
             (8)  If a person is required to give a copy of water information in category 7 to the Bureau yearly, the information in the approved form must be expressed as volumes recorded each calendar month or more frequently.
9  At the end of regulation 7.07
Add:
             (3)  However, subregulation (2) does not apply to water information in subcategories 2d and 2e and the water information in those subcategories must be given to the Bureau by 30 September each year.
10  At the end of Schedule 2
Add:
Part 9—Category K persons
  
 
Category K persons

Item
Subcategories of water information
Time

1
2d and 2e
Yearly

11  Part 1 of Schedule 3
Insert:
State aquifer framework information means any water information in the aquifer framework used by a State.
State NGIS information means any water information in a State’s National Groundwater Information System (NGIS) database.
12  Part 3 of Schedule 3 (at the end of the table)
Add:
2d
State aquifer framework information

2e
State NGIS information