Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557:section:4:p10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 10/13)
Character Range: 55388–58070

subsection 86A(3).
ROKAMBA means the Agreement with the Government of the Republic of Korea on the Protection of Migratory Birds done at Canberra on 6 December 2006.
Note: The text of the Agreement is set out in Australian Treaty Series 2007 No. 24. In 2007, the text of a Convention in the Australian Treaty Series was accessible through the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (www.austlii.edu.au).
salinity work means a work to reduce, or maintain, salinity levels in the Murray‑Darling Basin.
State (except in section 18B) includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.
State water management law means:
 (a) the Water Management Act 2000, the Water Act 1912 and the Rivers and Foreshores Improvement Act 1948 of New South Wales; or
 (b) the Water Act 1989 and Parts 4 and 5 of the Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994 of Victoria; or
 (c) the Water Act 2000 of Queensland; or
 (d) the Natural Resources Management Act 2004 of South Australia; or
 (e) the Water Resources Act 2007 of the Australian Capital Territory; or
 (f) a law of a Basin State, or a part of such a law, that:
 (i) is relevant to the management of Basin water resources; and
 (ii) is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition;
and includes regulations, and other instruments, made under those laws.
State water sharing arrangement has the meaning given by subsection 86D(4).
surface water includes:
 (a) water in a watercourse, lake or wetland; and
 (b) any water flowing over or lying on land:
 (i) after having precipitated naturally; or
 (ii) after having risen to the surface naturally from underground.
take water from a water resource means to remove water from, or to reduce the flow of water in or into, the water resource including by any of the following means:
 (a) pumping or siphoning water from the water resource;
 (b) stopping, impeding or diverting the flow of water in or into the water resource;
 (c) releasing water from the water resource if the water resource is a wetland or lake;
 (d) permitting water to flow from the water resource if the water resource is a well or watercourse;
and includes storing water as part of, or in a way that is ancillary to, any of the processes or activities referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d).
temporary diversion provision has the meaning given by item 7 of the table in subsection 22(1).
thing includes a substance, and a thing in electronic or magnetic form.
total Basin adjustment percentage has the meaning given by subsections 23A(5) and (6).
tradeable water rights means:
 (a) water access rights; or
 (b) water delivery rights; or
 (c) irrigation rights.
transitional asset has