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WATER ACT 1989 - SECT 232

Determination of salinity impact zones

    (1)     The Minister may determine an area of land on which use of water on the land under water-use licences causes or may cause an increase in salinity to land or water to be a salinity impact zone.

    (2)     Notice of the making of a determination under subsection (1) must be published in the Government Gazette.

    (3)     A determination under subsection (1) has effect—

        (a)     on the day on which notice of its making is published in the Government Gazette; or

        (b)     if a later day is specified in the determination, that day.

    (4)     A determination under subsection (1) may be amended in the same manner as that in which it is made.

    (5)     In a determination under subsection (1), a salinity impact zone may be described by reference to a plan lodged in the Central Plan Office.

    (6)     The Minister must—

        (a)     publish a copy of each determination under subsection (1) on the Internet site of the Department, together with any plan referred to in the determination; and

        (b)     maintain the copy of the determination and the plan on the Internet site for so long as the determination remains in force.

Division 2—Functions and powers of the Minister

S. 232A inserted by No. 23/2019 s. 83.



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