What does the term possession, custody or control mean in practical terms?
Under the Water Regulations 2008, persons are required to give specified electronic water information that is in their possession, custody or control. The Bureau will determine information as being in a person’s possession, custody or control once it is in a person’s data managment system. Therefore information that is in a field based data logger is not for the purposes of these Water Regulations regarded as being in a person’s possession, custody or control. The timeframes in the Water Regulations only apply from the moment that specified water information is in a person’s data management system.