Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557:section:110
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 110
Character Range: 361708–362818

110  Application of State laws to the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder
 (1) Any requirement of a law of a Basin State that prevents a person from:
 (a) using, on land that the person does not own, water available under a water access right; or
 (b) obtaining a licence that would authorise the use, on land that the person does not own, of water available under a water access right;
does not apply to the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder in relation to the use of Commonwealth water holdings:
 (c) to water declared Ramsar wetlands; or
 (d) to water water dependent ecosystems that support:
 (i) listed threatened species (within the meaning of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999); or
 (ii) listed threatened ecological communities (within the meaning of that Act); or
 (iii) listed migratory species (within the meaning of that Act); or
 (e) to water sites specified in the regulations.
 (2) This section does not authorise the environmental watering of land without the consent of the owner of the land.

Division 2—Environmental Water Holdings Special Account