New South Wales Consolidated Regulations New South Wales Consolidated RegulationsThe following definitions apply to this Plan
in addition to the definitions set out in the Act:
"account water" is the balance in an access licence water allocation account
at a particular time.
Note: A licence water allocation account records water allocations accrued under the licence as well as water allocations taken, assigned or re-credited. The operation of the account is also governed by rules for the carrying over of credits from one accounting period to the next and rules for the maximum credit that may be allowed to accumulate in the account as established in a water sharing plan. Water allocations are the shares of available water accrued under an access licence from time to time as a result of available water determinations."conversion factor" refers to the adjustment factor that is to be applied to share components when they are cancelled or reissued in a different water source and visa versa, or when the licence category is changed. It is designed to provide for the fact that the value of a unit of share component in terms of the average water allocations that result from it may vary from one water source to another, or from one category of licence to another.
(a) very low flows may be a class on their own,
(b) low flows may be categorised as ‘A’ class,
(c) moderate flows may be categorised as ‘B’ class,
(d) high flows may be categorised as ‘C’ class,
(e) very high flows may be categorised as ‘D’ class, and
(f) extremely high flows may be categorised as ‘E’ class."flow gauging station" is a device that is used to measure the height of a river, from which the flow in the river can be calculated.
(a) flow gauging device or any other appliance that is used to measure the height of a river relative to a known datum point, from which the flow in the river can be calculated, or
(b) flow announcement system which is the mechanism by which the Minister communicates daily flow classes to the holders of an access licence within this water source."in-river dam" is a dam on a 3rd, 4th or higher order river. 3rd, 4th or higher order rivers are as defined in the order made under section 5 of the Water Act 1912 in relation to the definition of a “river” gazetted 23 March 2001. See also "farm dam" and "runoff harvesting dam".
Note: This Order refers to watercourses shown as blue lines on topographic maps. The lines which are uppermost in a catchment are 1st order streams, when two 1st order streams are joined they make a 2nd order stream, etc. For more information see the Farm Dams Assessment Guide available from the Department of Land and Water Conservation."total daily extraction limit (TDEL)" is the volume of water that may be extracted under access licences from an unregulated river on a daily basis from a particular flow class.