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Border Rivers and Moonie Water Management Protocol February 2019 Amended March 2019 (Revision 1) This publication has been compiled by Water Policy, Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy © State of Queensland, 2019 The Queensland Government supports and encourages the dissemination and exchange of its information. The copyright in this publication is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. Under this licence you are free, without having to seek our permission, to use this publication in accordance with the licence terms. You must keep intact the copyright notice and attribute the State of Queensland as the source of the publication. Note: Some content in this publication may have different licence terms as indicated. For more information on this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. 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Table of contents Chapter 1 Preliminary ........................................................................................................... 9 1 Short title.............................................................................................................................. 9 2 Commencement ................................................................................................................... 9 3 Purpose ............................................................................................................................... 9 4 Interpretation of words .......................................................................................................... 9 5 Area to which protocol applies ............................................................................................... 9 6 Water to which protocol applies ............................................................................................. 9 7 Water supply schemes and zones.......................................................................................... 9 8 Water management areas and zones ................................................................................... 10 9 Flow conditions for water allocation groups........................................................................... 10 10 Interstate trading agreements dealing with unsupplemented water ......................................... 10 11 Consistency with interstate water sharing agreements........................................................... 10 Chapter 2 Unallocated water ............................................................................................... 11 12 Application of this chapter ................................................................................................... 11 13 Availability of reserves ........................................................................................................ 11 Chapter 3 Supplemented water allocations – water allocation dealing rules ...................... 12 14 Application of this chapter ................................................................................................... 12 Part 1 Macintyre Brook water supply scheme ........................................................................... 12 Division 1 Permitted water allocation dealings ...................................................................... 12 15 Application of this division ................................................................................................... 12 16 Subdivisions and amalgamations ......................................................................................... 12 17 Location ............................................................................................................................. 13 18 Purpose ............................................................................................................................. 14 Division 2 Prohibited water allocation dealings ..................................................................... 14 19 Application of this division ................................................................................................... 14 20 Subdivisions and amalgamations ......................................................................................... 14 21 Location ............................................................................................................................. 14 22 Purpose ............................................................................................................................. 15 23 Priority group ...................................................................................................................... 15 24 Nominal location ................................................................................................................. 15 Division 3 Other water allocation dealings ............................................................................ 15 25 Application for a change to a water allocation not specified as permitted or prohibited ............. 15 Part 2 Border Rivers Water Supply Scheme............................................................................. 15 Division 1 Permitted water allocation dealings ...................................................................... 15 26 Application of this division ................................................................................................... 15 27 Subdivisions and amalgamations ......................................................................................... 15 28 Location ............................................................................................................................. 16 Border Rivers and Moonie Water Management Protocol 2019 1 29 Purpose ............................................................................................................................. 16 30 Priority group ...................................................................................................................... 16 Division 2 Prohibited water allocation dealings ..................................................................... 16 31 Application of this division ................................................................................................... 16 32 Subdivisions and amalgamations ......................................................................................... 17 33 Location ............................................................................................................................. 17 34 Priority group ...................................................................................................................... 17 Division 3 Other water allocation dealings ............................................................................ 17 35 Application for a change to a water allocation not specified as permitted or prohibited ............. 17 Chapter 4 Unsupplemented water allocations – Border Rivers water management area .... 18 36 Application of this chapter ................................................................................................... 18 Part 1 Water sharing rules ...................................................................................................... 18 37 Announced period............................................................................................................... 18 38 Notification to opt out of access during an announced period ................................................. 18 Division 1 Accounting rules ................................................................................................. 19 39 Multiyear accounting ........................................................................................................... 19 40 Instantaneous volumetric limit .............................................................................................. 20 Division 2 Data collection rules............................................................................................ 20 41 Water allocation holder data collection and transfer............................................................... 20 42 Water allocation holder notification of change to storage ....................................................... 20 Part 2 Water allocation dealing rules ....................................................................................... 20 43 Application of this part ......................................................................................................... 20 Division 1 Permitted water allocation dealings ...................................................................... 20 44 Application of this division ................................................................................................... 20 45 Subdivisions or amalgamations ........................................................................................... 21 46 Purpose ............................................................................................................................. 22 Division 2 Prohibited water allocation dealings ..................................................................... 22 47 Application of this division ..................................................................................................