Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if the Minister considers the declaration of a new full supply level (a temporary full supply level) for a relevant dam may mitigate the impacts of a potential flood or drought.
(2) In considering whether a temporary full supply level may mitigate the impacts of a potential flood or drought, the Minister may have regard to any matter the Minister considers appropriate, including, for example—
(a) meteorological forecasts; and
(b) the public interest.
(3) The Minister must ask the chief executive to require the operator of the dam to provide information about how a proposed temporary full supply level may impact—
(a) the safety of the dam; and
(b) how the dam operates.
(4) The chief executive must comply with the Minister's request by requiring the operator, by notice, to give the information to the chief executive.
(5) The notice must—
(a) state a reasonable period by which the information must be given; and
(b) include a warning that it is an offence to fail to comply with the notice unless the operator has a reasonable excuse.
(6) The operator must comply with the notice unless the operator has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
(7) The chief executive must provide a copy of the information given by the operator under this section to the commission.