New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE CASTLEREAGH RIVER ABOVE BINNAWAY WATER SOURCE 2003 - REG 63

63 Unregulated river access licences

All unregulated river access licences shall have mandatory conditions to give effect to the following:

(a) water may only be taken in accordance with a flow class determined by the Minister, at a rate not exceeding that specified for the flow class on the access licence extraction component (if specified), unless otherwise authorised by a registered group,

(b) notwithstanding subclause (a), water may be taken without any restrictions in rate from an in-river dam while the dam is passing all inflows, and

(c) notwithstanding all other rights and conditions, extraction of water from a river by a water supply work linked to an unregulated river access licence is not permitted:

(i) in Zone 1, at or below 7.1 ML/day,

Note: The 7.1 ML/day in subclause (c) (i) is referred to as the cease to pump on a falling river and the commence to pump on a rising river for unregulated river access licences. It corresponds to the estimated 34th percentile of all days.

(ii) in Zone 2, at or below 3.2 ML/day,

Note: The 3.2 ML/day in subclause (c) (ii) is referred to as the cease to pump on a falling river and the commence to pump on a rising river for unregulated river access licences. It corresponds to the estimated 57th percentile of all days.

(iii) in Zone 3, at or below 3.0 ML/day, unless the access licence is listed on Schedule 6,

Note: The 3.0 ML/day in subclause (c) (iii) is referred to as the cease to pump on a falling river and the commence to pump on a rising river for unregulated river access licences.

(iv) in Zone 4, at or below 4.3 ML/day, and

Note: The 4.3 ML/day in subclause (c) (iv) is referred to as the cease to pump on a falling river and the commence to pump on a rising river for unregulated river access licences. It corresponds to the estimated 74th percentile of all days.

(v) in Zone 5, at or below 1.9 ML/day.

Note: The 1.9 ML/day in subclause (c) (v) is referred to as the cease to pump on a falling river and the commence to pump on a rising river for unregulated river access licences. It corresponds to the estimated 93rd percentile.