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WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE GREATER METROPOLITAN REGION GROUNDWATER SOURCES 2011 - REG 31 Available water determinations made at the commencement of each water year

WATER SHARING PLAN FOR THE GREATER METROPOLITAN REGION GROUNDWATER SOURCES 2011 - REG 31

Available water determinations made at the commencement of each water year

31 Available water determinations made at the commencement of each water year

(1) In making available water determinations under section 59 of the Act, the Minister should consider the rules in this clause.
(2) At the commencement of this Plan and at the commencement of each subsequent water year, the following available water determinations should be made for an access licence with a share component that specifies one of these groundwater sources:
(a) 100% of access licence share component for domestic and stock access licences,
(b) 100% of access licence share component for local water utility access licences,
(c) 100% of access licence share component for major utility access licences, and
(d) 1 megalitre per unit share of share component for aquifer access licences,
or such lower amount that results from Division 1 of this Part.
Note : Division 1 of this Part provides for available water determinations for aquifer access licences to be reduced if, in the Minister's opinion, assessment of average annual extractions against the long-term average annual extraction limit under clause 28 demonstrates that annual extractions in one of these groundwater sources has exceeded the long-term average annual extraction limit.