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WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE GREATER METROPOLITAN REGION GROUNDWATER SOURCES 2011 - REG 18 Application

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE GREATER METROPOLITAN REGION GROUNDWATER SOURCES 2011 - REG 18

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18 Application

(1) This Part identifies the requirements for water from these groundwater sources for basic landholder rights (Division 2) and for extraction under access licences (Division 3).
(2) The amounts of water specified in this Part represent the estimated water requirements of persons entitled to basic landholder rights in these groundwater sources, and the total volumes or unit shares specified in the share components of all access licences in these groundwater sources. The actual volumes of water available for extraction in these groundwater sources at any time will depend on factors such as hydrogeology, climatic variability, access licence priority and the rules in this Plan.
(3) This Plan recognises that basic landholder rights in these groundwater sources and the total share components of all access licences authorised to extract water from these groundwater sources may change during the term of this Plan. This Plan manages such changes by having provisions that manage the sharing of water within the limits of water availability, as provided for in Division 1 of Part 6 of this Plan.
The total share components of access licences in these groundwater sources may change during the term of this Plan as a result of:
(a) the granting, surrender or cancellation of access licences in these groundwater sources,
(b) the variation of local water utility licences under section 66 of the Act, or
(c) changes due to the volumetric conversion of Water Act 1912 entitlements that are currently non-volumetric.