Water Plan (Cape York) 2019 (Qld)

Water Plan (Cape York) 2019

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This plan may be cited as the Water Plan (Cape York) 2019.

2 Purposes of plan The purposes of this plan are— (a) to define the availability of water to which this plan applies; and (b) to provide a framework for sustainably managing water to which this plan applies; and (c) to identify priorities and mechanisms for dealing with future water requirements in the plan area; and (d) to regulate the taking of and interference with surface water, and the taking of underground water, to which this plan applies; and (e) to provide a framework for establishing and managing water allocations; and (f) to provide access to water resources to help Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders achieve their economic, social and cultural aspirations; and (g) to provide a framework for preventing or, if practicable, reversing the degradation of natural ecosystems caused by the taking of and interference with water to which this plan applies.

3 Definitions The dictionary in schedule 9 defines particular words used in this plan.

4 Meaning of surface water Surface water is— (a) water in a watercourse, lake or spring; or (b) overland flow water.

Part 2 Plan area, water to which plan applies and other matters

5 Water to which plan applies— Act , s 43 (1) For section 43(1)(a) of the Act, this plan applies to surface water and underground water in the plan area. (2) However, this plan does not apply to— (a) surface water in a spring connected to water to which the Water Plan (Great Artesian Basin and Other Regional Aquifers) 2017 applies; or (b) underground water to which the Water Plan (Great Artesian Basin and Other Regional Aquifers) 2017 applies.