Queensland Consolidated Acts

WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 128

(1) For this subdivision, a change to a water allocation is a reconfiguration of any 1 or more of the following elements of the holder's entitlement under the allocation—

(a) the nominal volume for the allocation;

(b) the location from which the water may be taken under the allocation;

(d) the purpose for which the water may be taken under the allocation;

(e) any condition mentioned in section 127(1)(e);

(f) the priority group to which the allocation belongs;

(g) maximum rate for taking water;

(h) the flow conditions under which the water may be taken;

(i) the volumetric limit;

(j) the water allocation group to which the allocation belongs.

(2) However—

(a) for a water allocation not managed under a resource operations licence, the reconfiguration must not—

(i) change the nominal volume for the water allocation; or

(ii) allow the taking of more than the water allocation's share of the water available to be taken by holders of water allocations in all water allocation groups in a water resource plan area; and

(b) for a water allocation managed under a resource operations licence, the reconfiguration must not—

(i) increase the water allocation's share of the water the resource operations licence holder has available to supply the water allocations managed under the licence; or

(ii) increase the water the resource operations licence holder has available to supply the water allocations managed under the licence.