New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 2000 - SECT 8A

8A Planned environmental water

(1) If the relevant management plan so provides, the Minister may cancel any supplementary water access licence, and any other category or subcategory of licence prescribed by the regulations, that is held by the Minister and commit an equivalent amount of water as determined in accordance with the management plan as planned environmental water for the water source to which the licence related.

(2) Planned environmental water committed under this section is to be used for only those purposes specified in the relevant management plan.

(3) Sections 78, 78A and 87 do not apply to the cancellation of an access licence under this section.