(1) From time to time, the Minister may, by order in writing, make either or
both of the following determinations (an
"available water determination" )--
(a) a determination as to the availability
of water for one or more categories or subcategories of access licences in
relation to one or more specified water management areas or water sources,
(b) while an order is in force under section 49A (1) or 49B (1), a
determination as to the availability of water for one or more individual
access licences in relation to one or more specified water management areas or
water sources.
(1A) An available water determination that is made in relation
to a particular category of access licence applies to all subcategories of
that category except to the extent to which it otherwise provides.
(2) The
regulations may make provision for or with respect to the manner in which an
available water determination is to be notified.
(3) If the extraction
component of an access licence authorises the taking of water from a water
source specified in the share component of the licence and from another water
source not so specified and those water sources are vertically abutting
(either wholly or partly) water sources, the available water determinations
that apply to the licence are those made in relation to the water source
specified in the share component of the licence.
(4) If the Minister consents
to the amendment of an access licence to enable water to be taken by a
nominated water supply work located in some other water management area or
water source than that to which the licence relates, the
available water determinations applicable to water taken by means of the work
are those made in relation to the relevant category or subcategory of access
licence in relation to that other water management area or water source.
