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WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 2000 - SECT 60I
Access licence required for water used in mining activities
60I Access licence required for water used in mining activities
(1) A person who takes water in the course of carrying out a mining activity
is, for the purposes of this Act, taking water from a water source.
(2)
Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), a person
"takes water in the course of carrying out a mining activity" if, as a result
of or in connection with, the activity or a past mining activity carried out
by the person, water is removed or diverted from a water source (whether or
not water is returned to that water source) or water is re-located from one
part of an aquifer to another part of an aquifer.
(3) To avoid doubt, a
person who takes water in the course of carrying out a mining activity as
referred to in subsection (2) is required to hold an access licence
authorising the taking of that water.
(4) In this section--
"mineral" has the same meaning as it has in the Mining Act 1992 .
"mineral exploration" means prospecting pursuant to an assessment lease,
exploration licence, mineral claim, mining lease or opal prospecting licence
under the Mining Act 1992 .
"mining" means the winning or removal of materials by methods such as
excavating, dredging, drilling or tunnelling for the purpose of obtaining
minerals or petroleum, and includes-- (a) the construction, commissioning,
operation and decommissioning of associated works, and
(b) the stockpiling,
processing, treatment and transportation of materials extracted, and
(c) the
rehabilitation of land affected by mining.
"mining activity" means any of the following-- (a) mining,
(b)
mineral exploration,
(c) petroleum exploration.
"petroleum" has the same meaning as it has in the Petroleum (Onshore) Act
1991 .
"petroleum exploration" means prospecting pursuant to a petroleum title under
the Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991 .
(5) This section does not limit any other
provision of this Act.
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