Water Act 2007

E442357

Australian federal statute environmental law

The Water Act 2007 is an Australian federal law that establishes the framework for managing and protecting the Murray–Darling Basin’s water resources through coordinated, sustainable, and environmentally focused governance.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Commonwealth Water Act 2007 (Cth)	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Australian federal statute ⓘ environmental law ⓘ
administeredBy	Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (Australia) NERFINISHED ⓘ
amendedBy	Water Amendment (Long-term Average Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment) Act 2012 NERFINISHED ⓘ Water Amendment Act 2008 NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	groundwater in the Murray–Darling Basin ⓘ surface water in the Murray–Darling Basin ⓘ
basedOn	Commonwealth corporations power ⓘ Commonwealth external affairs power ⓘ Commonwealth trade and commerce power ⓘ
commencementYear	2007 ⓘ
confersPowersOn	Commonwealth Water Minister NERFINISHED ⓘ Murray–Darling Basin Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Australia ⓘ
enactedBy	Parliament of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishes	Basin Community Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ Basin Officials Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ Murray–Darling Basin Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ Murray–Darling Basin Ministerial Council (as reconstituted at the Commonwealth level) NERFINISHED ⓘ
focusesOn	cooperative federalism in water management ⓘ integrated Basin-wide water planning ⓘ
governs	Murray–Darling Basin water resources NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	provisions on enforcement and compliance ⓘ provisions on water charge rules ⓘ provisions on water information collection and dissemination ⓘ provisions on water market rules ⓘ
implements	elements of the National Water Initiative ⓘ
jurisdiction	Commonwealth of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalStatus	in force ⓘ
longTitle	An Act to make provision for the management of the water resources of the Murray–Darling Basin, and for other purposes ⓘ
policyArea	environmental protection ⓘ intergovernmental water governance ⓘ water resource management ⓘ
primaryPurpose	environmentally sustainable management of water resources ⓘ management of Murray–Darling Basin water resources ⓘ promotion of sustainable use of water resources ⓘ protection of Murray–Darling Basin water resources ⓘ
providesFor	environmental watering plans ⓘ monitoring and evaluation of Basin water resources ⓘ setting sustainable diversion limits ⓘ water information functions of the Bureau of Meteorology ⓘ water quality and salinity management plans ⓘ water resource planning at the Basin scale ⓘ
region	Murray–Darling Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Murray–Darling Basin Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ
requires	consideration of environmental, social and economic impacts ⓘ consultation with Basin States on Basin Plan ⓘ
requiresPreparationOf	Murray–Darling Basin Plan NERFINISHED ⓘ
royalAssentDate	2007-06-28 ⓘ
shortTitle	Water Act 2007 NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Murray–Darling Basin Authority → legalBasis → Water Act 2007 ⓘ

New South Wales water management framework → hasLegalBasis → Water Act 2007 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Commonwealth Water Act 2007 (Cth)