Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557:section:4:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00557
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 6/13)
Character Range: 45210–48008

and Northern Territory.
former MDB Agreement has the meaning given by section 239A.
former Murray‑Darling Basin Ministerial Council has the meaning given by section 239A.
ground water means:
 (a) water occurring naturally below ground level (whether in an aquifer or otherwise); or
 (b) water occurring at a place below ground that has been pumped, diverted or released to that place for the purpose of being stored there;
but does not include water held in underground tanks, pipes or other works.
held environmental water means water available under:
 (a) a water access right; or
 (b) a water delivery right; or
 (c) an irrigation right;
for the purposes of achieving environmental outcomes (including water that is specified in a water access right to be for environmental use).
Indigenous person means a person who is:
 (a) a member of the Aboriginal race of Australia; or
 (b) a descendant of an Indigenous inhabitant of the Torres Strait Islands.
infrastructure operator has the meaning given by subsection 7(2).
infringement notice means an infringement notice given under section 156.
Inspector‑General means the Inspector‑General of Water Compliance referred to in section 215B.
interception activity means the interception of surface water or ground water that would otherwise flow, directly or indirectly, into a watercourse, lake, wetland, aquifer, dam or reservoir that is a Basin water resource.
interest, in relation to land, means:
 (a) any legal or equitable estate or interest in the land; or
 (b) a restriction on the use of the land, whether or not annexed to other land; or
 (c) any other right (including a right under an option and a right of redemption), charge, power or privilege over, or in connection with, the land or an interest in the land.
interim water resource plan has the meaning given by section 242.
international agreement means an agreement whose parties are:
 (a) Australia and a foreign country; or
 (b) Australia and 2 or more foreign countries.
investigation warrant means:
 (a) a warrant issued by a magistrate under section 226; or
 (b) a warrant signed by a magistrate under section 227.
irrigation infrastructure operator has the meaning given by subsection 7(4).
irrigation network of an irrigation infrastructure operator has the meaning given by subsection 7(4).
irrigation right means a right that:
 (a) a person has against an irrigation infrastructure operator to receive water; and
 (b) is not a water access right or a water delivery right.
JAMBA means the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of Japan for the Protection of Migratory Birds and Birds in Danger of Extinction and their Environment done at Tokyo on 6 February 1981.
Note: The text of the Agreement is set out in Australian Treaty Series 1981 No. 6.